Precisely because these inequalities will not disappear, and because the war has not resolved Iraq's "internal" problems, the complex ethnic issues inherited from the past may lead to even greater chaos. Thus as "outsiders" we should not rejoice at others 'misfortune, nor should we look at this war only from the perspective of our own national interest.
正因為這種不對稱關係不會因此消失，這一場戰爭更沒有解決伊拉克「內部」問題，隨之由過去遺留下來的複雜族群問題，可能導致更混亂的場面；因此，身為「局外人」更應該哀矜勿喜，實不應只從自己國家利益來檢視這場戰爭。