But instead of bashing or seeking to undermine Al Jazeera, politicians should encourage this bastion of free expression, recognizing that Arabs will need to endure a messy process on the way to democracy. Along that tortuous route, the world's major powers are bound to be offended, probably quite regularly.
与痛恨或破坏半岛电视台相反，如果政治家们意识到阿拉伯民主之路是一个十分棘手的过程，那么他们理应鼓励这块言论自由的阵地。在这条崎岖的民主之路上，大国注定会经常受到冒犯。