On the positive side, analysts point to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, the creation of an elected government, and an economy growing at nearly 9% per year, with oil exports surpassing their pre-war level. Some, such as Nadim Shehadi of Chatham House, go further, arguing that, while “the US certainly bit off more than it could chew in Iraq,” America’s intervention “may have shaken the region out of [a] stagnation that has dominated the lives of at least two generations.”
分析师指出伊拉克战争的积极效果是推翻萨达姆·侯赛因、建立民选政府、实现近9%的年度经济增长以及超过战前的石油出口。查塔姆研究所的纳迪姆·什哈蒂等人甚至认为虽然“美国肯定消化不了伊拉克行动，”但美国的干预“或许已经帮助该地区摆脱了困扰至少两代人的经济停滞。”