Finally, the insurgency as a whole remains nihilistic, focused on destroying the new Iraqi government and the emerging economic and political system rather than articulating a coherent alternative. In many ways, the Iraq insurgency is analogous to urban street gangs: each component shares behavioral and organizational similarities but pursues its own aggrandizement and undertakes autonomous operations within its “turf” rather than pursuing a master plan or strategy.
最后，这场叛乱总体上还是处于无政府的恐怖状态，着力于破坏伊拉克新政府和新兴的经济和政治体系而不是明确提出一种具有一致性的另外选择。在很多方面，伊拉克的叛乱都类似于城市里的街头帮派：每个帮派都有着相似的行为方式和组织结构但却都追求其各自的壮大并采取在其“势力范围”内的自治运作，而不是追求一种总体规划或战略。