JERUSALEM – Two things stand out in the Middle East since the Arab Spring began – one that happened, and one that did not. What happened was that for the first time in modern Arab history, authoritarian regimes and rulers were toppled, or seriously challenged, by popular demonstrations, not – as in the past – through military coups.
耶路撒冷——自从阿拉伯之春发生至今，中东有两件事情很突出——一件是发生的，另一件是没有发生的。发生的事情是，民众抗议——而不是以往的军事政变——打倒了专制政权和统治者，这在阿拉伯现代史上还是第一次。