Many Muslims acquiesced in this deviation, viewing the invasion of Iraq as part of the passing of dictatorship and the coming of democracy. But the bloodstained shambles of the US occupation led America to abandon the quest for democracy. The deeper America sank into the Iraqi quagmire, the more the US began to turn a blind eye to the region’s surviving dictators, particularly those in Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Pakistan.
许多穆斯林默许了这一偏离，他们认为入侵伊拉克是结束专制、迎来民主的一部分。但是，美国占领血迹斑斑，促使美国放弃对民主的追求。美国陷入伊拉克的泥潭越深，美国就越开始对该地区的独裁者视而不见，特别是沙特、叙利亚、埃及以及巴基斯坦。