例如，在阿拉伯之春起义开始时，他很快切断了对突尼斯总统宰因·阿比丁·本·阿里和埃及总统穆巴拉克的支持，并允许受西方民主模式启发的抗议者实现政权更替。
When the Arab Spring uprisings began, for example, he was quick to cut support for Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, allowing protesters – inspired by the Western model of democracy – to secure regime change.