Using historical analogies to interpret the present is both tempting and dangerous, for history never truly repeats itself. Yet, to understand the difficulty of responding to the problems that Iran’s nuclear ambition and anti-Israel obsession now pose, it might be helpful to analyze the three analogies that are most commonly used.
利用历史上的相似点来解释现今既诱人而又危险，因为历史从来都不完全重复自己。但是，为了理解如何难以应付伊朗的核子野心以及反以色列的成见所带来的种种问题，分析一下最为常用的三个相似点比较可能会有所帮助。