It may be no coincidence that within a week of his big Cairo speech Lebanese voters re-elected a pro-American government and withheld victory from a coalition led by Hizbullah.

• 在他发表重要的开罗演说一周之内，黎巴嫩的选民们便重新选择了亲美政府、而令由真主党领导的政党联盟在选举中败北，这也许并非是时间上的巧合。