Though triggered by the need to devise an exit strategy from the Iraqi quagmire, the Iraq Study Group’s grim report is a devastating indictment of the Bush administration’s entire foreign policy. The report challenges the core principles of a faith-driven administration and of a president whose political gospel led him to a sharp departure from the culture of conflict resolution in favor of a crusade based on raw power.
虽然目的是为了寻求从伊拉克的泥淖中抽身的战略，但“伊拉克研究小组”的严酷报告却成为对布什政府整个外交政策的全然控诉。这份报告严重质疑了这届受信仰驱使的政府的核心原则，同时也对总统本人提出了挑战。他在政治信仰的驱使下严重背离了化解冲突的一贯之道，并选择了以蛮力为后盾的讨伐。