The forthcoming London conference could prove to be either a trap for the West or the beginning of a true effort at the kind of domestic reform that can prevent Yemen from becoming another Afghanistan. If the West buys into Saleh’s depiction of a war against Al Qaeda, it will be trapped into supporting him and his failed policies.
即将开始的伦敦会议或者是西方国家的陷阱，或者是能防止也门成为另一个阿富汗的真正国内改革运动的开始。如果西方国家听信了萨利赫与基地组织作战的描述，它们将会落入萨利赫的陷阱，支持萨氏和他失败的政策。但如果西方国家能够透过恐怖主义的表象看到真正的问题所在，敦促萨利赫开始共享权力，那么也门就不一定会成为恐怖分子的避风港。