可是怀旧情绪使得这两个国家错误地估计了目前所面临的挑战，无论是把基地组织与萨达姆·侯赛因的伊拉克连在一起，还是把真主党与伊朗和叙利亚扯到一块都是这种错误的典型表现。
But nostalgia has led both states to misinterpret the challenges they now face, whether by linking al-Qaeda to Saddam Hussein’s Iraq, or Hezbollah to Iran and Syria.