Though some conservative American voices are already calling for more to be done, no compelling case can be made in the US, Europe, or my own country for sacrificing further blood and treasure in an effort to prop up a regime so demonstrably unable and unwilling to help itself hold the country together. As I have argued previously, the only possible justification – moral, political, or military – for renewed external military intervention in Iraq is to meet the international responsibility to protect victims, or potential victims, of mass atrocities.
尽管某些美国保守势力已经在呼吁采取进一步的行动，但美国、欧洲或我自己的国家都找不到充分理由为扶植如此明显不能也不愿靠自身力量实现统一的政权付出进一步的鲜血和财富。恰如我之前曾指出的那样，再度军事干预伊拉克在道德、政治或军事方面唯一可能的理由是履行保护大规模暴行实际或潜在受害者的国际责任。