Not since the end of World War I have Arab countries undergone such a momentous upheaval. Conflict has broken out in no fewer than nine Arab countries, and the carnage has reached unimaginable levels of inhumanity.
自一战结束以来，阿拉伯国家从未出现过如此激烈的剧变。至少九个国家爆发冲突，杀戮惨绝人寰。冲突在名义上仍处于和平的国家也不能幸免。长期价值体系日益式微，曾经坚实的社会基础正在土崩瓦解。