While America’s invasion of Afghanistan was widely seen as justified, the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq produced an open break between the US and its two major continental allies, France and Germany, which were supported by Russia and China.
Si bien, en general, se consideró que la invasión norteamericana de Afganistán estaba justificada, la invasión algo-norteamericana de Irak produjo una fractura abierta entre Estados Unidos y sus dos principales aliados continentales, Francia y Alemania, respaldados por Rusia y China.