Politics aside, the long-term damage to Iraq’s legal institutions caused by these maneuverings should not be underestimated. After the de-Baathification order was issued (by a commission that does not actually have any sitting members) a panel of the Iraqi Court of Appeal essentially invalidated it.
姑且抛开政治不谈，这些手段给伊拉克司法体制所造成的长期伤害也不应低估。在肃清阿拉伯复兴社会党影响的命令（由一个甚至连一名选举产生的成员都没有的委员会下达）出台之后，一个伊拉克上诉法院的审判小组又宣布其无效。谁知在总理和国家首席大法官碰头之后，法庭的判决立刻又发生了 180 度的大逆转。