Analysis is built on distinctions. And in these times of upheaval in the Arab world, distinctions are being lost. All autocrats are not bad, as some neoconservatives are proclaiming, and should not be overthrown. The moral differences between one dictator and another are as vast as those between dictators and democrats. There is such a thing as a benevolent dictator – and we should not turn our back on all those that remain.
分析建立在差異基礎上。在當前這個阿拉伯世界動盪不安的時期，差異正在被人們忽視。正如一些新保守派人士宣稱的，並非所有獨裁者都是壞人、都應被推翻。一名獨裁者與另一名獨裁者之間的道德差異，不比獨裁者與民主主義者之間的小。天底下也不乏仁慈的獨裁者，所以我們不應拋棄所有仍在掌權的獨裁者。
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