Across the region, there is fatigue with the wildness and disorder that politics conducted by firestorm brings. There is growing recognition that change is best accompanied by stability, and that democracy works only if debate is conducted in an atmosphere in which arguments can be bold, even harsh, but not inflammatory.
如果可以以进化形式达到目的显然是更好的选择。坦率地讲，叙利亚如果采取这种形式恐怕会有更好的结果。人们已经尝够了急风暴雨式执政的味道。民众已经厌倦了粗暴执政带来的野蛮和无序。人们开始认识到稳定才是改革最好的搭档，只有在大胆、甚至犀利辩论但杜绝粗暴和煽动的氛围下才有利于进行民主建设。