伊拉克有可能成为第一个什叶派穆斯林统治的阿拉伯国家，进而融入到不断扩张中的伊朗什叶派帝国之中。 在这种情况下，美国在该地区的逊尼派盟国现在认为美国是不可靠的。
With Iraq probably becoming the first Arab country to be ruled by Shiites, and hence integrated into an expanding Shiite Iranian empire, America’s Sunni allies in the region now view the US as unreliable.