但是，伊拉克战争爆发时，条件已经发生了变化：美国相对于世界其它国家力量变得如此强大，缺乏协商互动即便对美国最亲密的盟友来说也成为了愤怒的源泉。
But, by the time of the Iraq war, conditions had changed: the US had grown so powerful relative to the rest of the world that the lack of reciprocity became an intense source of irritation even to America’s closest allies.