This then meant that the military had to remain to suppress rebellion and organize government.

这就意味着军队必须留下来镇压叛乱，组织政府。

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Certainly, this preference has been on display in the U.S. decision thus far to acquiesce in Saddam Hussein's desperate bid to suppress militarily the rebellion sweeping Iraq -- denying any prospect for democracy to take hold there and, in the process, endangering the allied victory won at such great cost.

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