The United States-led Coalition Provisional Authority empowered a new group of political elites who fundamentally distrusted one another and, more important, failed to coalesce around a shared vision for governing the country. Rather than giving these new politicians time to broker compromises, the Americans imposed a divisive constitutional process that exacerbated existing fissures, leading to the civil war of 2006-2007.
美国领导的联军临时权力机构授权的新一批政治精英根本不信任彼此，更重要的是，他们未能就治理国家的共同目标达成妥协。美国人强制执行并引发不和的宪法进程不仅没有为新上台的政治家留出妥协的时间，反而加剧了现有分裂，从而导致2006-2007年内战爆发。