The nation’s unity is periodically threatened by its clerical rulers’ unpopularity among large sections of the population, as well as by regional and ethnic divisions, conflict and instability in its immediate neighborhood, and the hostility engendered by its regional clients and/or proxies in Iraq, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
国家统一不断地被威胁，其原因是文员统治者在广大人口中不得人心，也因为区域间和种族间的分歧、冲突和邻国的不稳定，再加上在伊拉克、黎巴嫩和阿富汗以及其它地方的人所产生的敌意。