Those who argue that the surge (and its close companion, new and improved “counterinsurgency”) overcame Iraq’s sectarian fault line suggest that Iraq’s ongoing political problems are the result of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s poor governance. If only he were more democratically minded, or would reach out to the Sunni community – perhaps offering another ministerial portfolio – suicide bombings of Shia religious festivals by Sunni extremist would end.
认为起义（及其对立面——新出现的改良版“反暴动”）克服了伊拉克宗派主义断层线的看法指出，伊拉克持续的政治问题是总理马利基治国无方造成的。如果他的观念更加民主一些，或能够更加深入地接触逊尼派社会——或许组建一个不同的内阁——那么逊尼派在什叶派宗教节日发动极端主义自杀式炸弹袭击就不会出现。