PARIS – The war in Iraq – which led in 2003 to the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime – had one clear winner: Iran. The United States-led military intervention resulted in the weakening of the Middle East’s Sunni regimes, America’s traditional allies, and the strengthening of America’s principal foe in the region, the Islamic Republic.
巴黎——2003年致使萨达姆·侯赛因政权倒台的伊拉克战争只有伊朗一个确实的赢家。以美国为首的军事干预削弱了美国在中东的传统盟友逊尼派政权，同时却增强了美国在该地区的主要敌人伊朗伊斯兰共和国的实力。