The third factor is the willingness of outside groups – both states and non-state groups – to prolong Iraq’s misery by supporting the insurgency, whether overtly or by inaction. Until states such as Saudi Arabia, Syria, and others vigorously dry up the inflows of people and money that sustain the insurgency, Iraq will never become stable, democratic, and prosperous.
第三个因素是外部集团—既有国家集团也有非国家集团—通过明目张胆或隔岸观火的方式支持叛乱延长伊拉克痛苦的意愿。除非沙特阿拉伯、叙利亚和其他国家积极主动地切断使叛乱得以持续的人流和资金流，否则伊拉克就永不得稳定、民主和繁荣。