No doubt some of these pressures were motivated by sincere concerns, but others were driven by the desire of anti-Saudi groups in the US to settle old scores. The call for democratizing the Middle East has become a battle cry for the Bush administration, especially after the invasion and occupation of Iraq.
毫无疑问，有些压力来自于人们真诚的关心，但有些也来自于想要算清旧账的美国的反沙特组织。尤其在美国入侵和占领伊拉克以后，呼吁中东民主化对美国政府而言已成为一种战争口号。