Such operations have failed – repeatedly and frequently disastrously – to produce legitimate governments or even rudimentary stability. On the contrary, by upending established, albeit authoritarian, governments in Iraq, Libya, and Syria, and destabilizing Sudan and other parts of Africa deemed hostile to the West, they have done much to fuel chaos, bloodshed, and civil war.
上述行动一再经历灾难性失败，无法产生合法的政府甚至最基本的稳定。相反，通过颠覆伊拉克、利比亚和叙利亚虽然独裁、但却稳固的政府，动摇被认为敌视西方的苏丹和非洲其他地区的稳定，它们在很大程度上助长了混乱、流血和内战。正是这样的混乱导致伊斯兰国得以占领并捍卫叙利亚、伊拉克和北非的部分地区。