从更广义的角度讲，虽然西方 — — 尤其是美国 — — 过去50年来在阿拉伯世界的确犯下了严重的政策错误，但外部势力却不能完全对地区的危机负责。
More broadly, though the West – especially the US – has made grave policy errors in the Arab world over the last 50 years, external powers cannot be blamed entirely for the region’s meltdown.