With Iraq rapidly descending into bloody chaos, the prospects for holding successful democratic elections in January, as the US and the Iraqi interim government have promised, look bleak. Some skeptics go further, arguing that the Iraq debacle proves that prospects for democracy throughout the Arab world are dim.
随着伊拉克很快陷入血腥和混乱，美国和伊拉克临时政府在一月成功举行民主大选的承诺前景黯淡。有些持怀疑态度的人甚至更悲观，认为伊拉克政局的崩溃证明整个阿拉伯世界实现民主的希望渺茫。这样说对吗？