美国最终不得不放弃了其建立西方模式的阿拉伯民主的幻想，但是它却让伊朗在该地区高举民主的火炬。 这难免有点讽刺意味。
The US eventually had to abandon its fantasies about Western-style Arab democracy, but it ironically left the Iranians carrying the torch of democracy in the region.