No matter who wins this November, it is clear that Iraq will not dominate US foreign policy in the years ahead to anything near the degree that it has in recent years. We are entering the post-Iraq era of American foreign policy.
但是将来呢？不管今年11月谁获胜，伊拉克在未来几年里都远远不会像在最近几年里那样，支配着美国的外交政策，这是很清楚的。我们正在进入美国外交政策的后伊拉克时代。与此一致，美国在伊拉克的军事存在在下降。两位总统候选人观点不同的地方在于这个下降趋势的时间和节奏，而不是其基本方向。