A year ago many western commentators were celebrating an Arab spring. The internet generation personified by Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive, would take over power from military dictators and absolute monarchs in democratic elections. Those of us who warned that political Islam would be the principal beneficiary of elections in north Africa and the Middle East were dismissed as scaremongers.
一年前，許多西方評論家都在歡慶阿拉伯之春，期許以谷歌(Google)行銷主管瓦伊爾•高尼姆(Wael Ghonim)爲代表的網路一代，能夠通過民主選舉，從軍事獨裁者和專制君主手中取得政權。我們這些警告政治伊斯蘭(political Islam)可能會成爲北非和中東選舉的主要受益者的人，則被當作是在危言聳聽，無人理會。
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