As the situation in Libya and the wider Middle East unfolds, policymakers are bound to face further acute dilemmas, not least in responding to continuing repression in Tripoli, or the similarly ugly and fragile situations in Bahrain and Yemen. Mustering the cross-cultural political will to give the responsibility to protect real – and consistent – teeth will always be difficult.
随着利比亚和中东其他地区局势的发展，决策者们注定会面临严重的困境，尤其是应对的黎波里的持续压迫，以及巴林和也门类似的丑恶和脆弱的形势。 鼓起超越文化界线的政治勇气来履行保护平民义务从来就并非易事。