This is especially true for the Middle East. But travel there nowadays can be extremely disorienting; indeed, developments that were impossible to contemplate just a few months ago are becoming reality.
柏林——古语说：旅行可以开阔思路。这句话尤其适用于中东。但今时今日去那里旅行让人异常迷惑；事实上，短短几个月前还无法想象的事态目前正在发生。