但是，逊尼派突然失去权力所带来的冲击在穆斯林世界引起了轩然大波，结论是什叶派与美国勾结占领了伊拉克 — — 这一观点因为叙利亚事件而进一步强化了。
However, the shock of sudden Sunni disempowerment generated a discourse, widely shared in the Muslim world, in which the Shia are guilty of collusion in the US occupation of the country – a view reinforced by events in Syria.