The strategic conclusion derived from such an analysis was clear, ambitious, and easily summarized: democratization. If the absence of democracy in the Islamic world was the problem, bringing democracy to the “Greater Middle-East would be the solution, and it was the historical duty of the United States, as the most powerful and moral nation, to bring about that necessary change.
上述分析所得出的战略结论既清晰大胆又易于概括，那就是民主化。如果伊斯兰世界缺乏民主是问题所在，那么，将民主引入“大中东”就是解决方案；而且，造成必要的变化正是美国作为最强大、最道德的国家的历史职责。现状难以维持。无论是否改变体制，实行民主是解决混乱状态和原教旨主义兴起问题的惟一备选方案。