To understand why, it is important to know what else was going on inside Iraq in 2007, when President George W. Bush ordered the “surge” of 20,000 additional troops and General David H. Petraeus shifted US forces to a more aggressive strategy. For, although the surge was important, two other factors played a critical role in bringing Iraq back from the brink.
要理解这样说的原因，很重要的是要知道，在2007年美国总统布什下令急速增派二万名美国士兵进驻伊拉克以及戴维·彼得雷乌斯将军把美军的战略调整为更具进攻性时，伊拉克国内到底还发生了其它什么事情。因为，尽管增派部队显示了其重要性，而另有二个因素也起了重要作用，挽救了伊拉克于悬崖边上。