Russia says the western military intervention in Libya risks fanning a series of civil wars across the Middle East.

俄罗斯表示，西方对利比亚的军事干预有在整个中东地区煽动一连串内战的危险。

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For the West it has brought relative quiet in the Middle East, following the four major Arab-Israeli wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973.

对西方国家而言，在经历了1948、1956、1967年和1973年的四场阿-以大战之后，终于迎来了中东地区相对平静的局面。

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And after several wars in the Middle East, Britain and the United States in the Arab world for the long-term strategic considerations, the war in the Palestinian stand on the side of the Arabs.

与以后的几次中东战争不同，英美两国出于在阿拉伯世界的长远战略考虑，在巴勒斯坦战争中站到了阿拉伯人一边。

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Even in 2005, government spending on these means tested welfare programs was 25% more than was spent on national defense, and that was at the height of the wars in the Middle East.

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The arrival of President George W. Bush heralded both a reversal of the hollowing out of the military, along with wars in the Middle East, resulting in a temporary decline in the ratio of health to defense spending during most of his term.

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Players were then able to live through the most important battles of the wars in the Middle East.

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