但是美国拙劣的民主主张结果是同时疏远了其保守派的地区盟国以及伊斯兰分子。 疏远保守派给了政治伊斯兰新的生机，他们可以利用投票箱来作为获得权力的途径，而伊斯兰分子所获得的选举胜利却被美国所拒绝。
But America’s misbegotten democratic message has ended up alienating both its conservative regional allies, as it gave a new lease on life to political Islam, which can use the ballot box as a route to power, and the Islamists, whose electoral gains are then rejected by the US.