确实，美国险恶的伊拉克政策的自相矛盾之处在于，由于伊朗崛起以及大范围的原教旨主义威胁让阿拉伯人把注意力集中到与以色列和解的急迫性上来，因此这些政策创造了阿以和平的有利条件。
Indeed, the paradox of America’s pernicious policies in Iraq is that they have created favorable conditions for an Arab-Israeli peace, as the emergence of Iran and the threat of a fundamentalist tsunami have focused Arab minds on the urgency of a settlement with Israel.