But the notion that the genii of democratization can now be squeezed back into the bottle is a self-serving fantasy. The move of mainstream Islamists, like the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, the Islamic Action Front in Jordan, Hamas in Palestine, the Renaissance Party in Tunisia, or the Party of Justice and Development in Morocco, away from jihadism to political participation started well before America’s democracy promotion campaign, and is not an attempt to please the West.
但是，民主化的魔鬼现在可以被压回到瓶子之中的想法是一个自我的幻觉而已。像埃及的穆斯林兄弟会、约旦的伊斯兰行动阵线、巴勒斯坦的哈马斯、突尼斯的复兴党或者摩洛哥的正义和发展党等主流伊斯兰主义者从圣战转向政治参与早在美国的民主促进运动之前就开始了，而且也不是为了取悦西方。它们是对支持者们的需求和要求的真切回应。