There is a great danger that the new Iraq’s sectarian politics will benefit those who promise their constituents the most – at the expense of the central government and the country’s other factions. Debates over possible constitutional amendments intended to pacify angry Sunnis and to de-fang the insurgency are likely to incite factional hostility as well.
实际上，选举政治产生的摩擦大概也会对什叶派和逊尼派内部的愤恨情绪起到推波助澜的作用。有一个巨大的危险就是伊拉克新的宗派主义政治会使那些以中央政府和国内其他派别为代价给与选民最多承诺的人获益。对于旨在安抚愤怒的逊尼派教众和削弱叛乱力量的宪法修正案的争论也可能引起派别之间的敌意。