Furthermore, in the Greater Middle East, the fall of one secular dictatorship after another, coupled with the loosening of external control, has incited new – and rekindled old – suspicions, religious disagreements, and mistrust of outsiders in general and the West in particular. As a result, the region has entered a period of conflict, social degradation, rising nationalism, and growing religious fanaticism.
此外，在大中东，世俗独裁政权接二连三倒台，这与外部控制的放松一起，带来了新的（也重燃了旧的）怀疑、宗教分歧和对外部人（尤其是西方人）的不信任。结果，该地区进入了冲突、社会退化、民族主义崛起和宗教狂热日盛的时代。