With Iraq probably becoming the first Arab country to be ruled by Shiites, and hence integrated into an expanding Shiite Iranian empire, America’s Sunni allies in the region now view the US as unreliable. Indeed, the US is seen as practically complicit in inciting a monumental reversal of Islam’s fortunes, the Shia revival.
伊拉克有可能成为第一个什叶派穆斯林统治的阿拉伯国家，进而融入到不断扩张中的伊朗什叶派帝国之中。在这种情况下，美国在该地区的逊尼派盟国现在认为美国是不可靠的。确实，美国被认为是激发什叶派复兴这一伊斯兰运程大逆转的事实上的同谋。民主的福音对于美国的阿拉伯盟国而言也并不十分可爱，因为呼吁实行民主只不过是鼓励了伊斯兰分子挑战现今的精英阶层来获取权力。