We went through a period of feeling that the lesson learned from Bosnia was that elections held too early enshrined sectarian violence, enshrined extremist parties, so in Iraq in 2003 the decision was made, let's not have elections for two years. Let's invest in voter education. Let's invest in democratization.
我们觉得波斯尼亚的教训告诉我们 如果选举进行的太早 反而会助长宗派主义暴力和极端主义党派的发展 所以2003年我们在伊拉克做出了一个决定 那就是在两年内不进行选举 而把精力先放在选民教育和民主化上