Analysis is built on distinctions. And in these times of upheaval in the Arab world, distinctions are being lost. All autocrats are not bad, as some neoconservatives are proclaiming, and should not be overthrown. The moral differences between one dictator and another are as vast as those between dictators and democrats. There is such a thing as a benevolent dictator – and we should not turn our back on all those that remain.
分析建立在差异基础上。在当前这个阿拉伯世界动荡不安的时期，差异正在被人们忽视。正如一些新保守派人士宣称的，并非所有独裁者都是坏人、都应被推翻。一名独裁者与另一名独裁者之间的道德差异，不比独裁者与民主主义者之间的小。天底下也不乏仁慈的独裁者，所以我们不应抛弃所有仍在掌权的独裁者。
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