But although some sort of dialogue with Iran and Syria could indeed help-not only in Iraq but also in strife-torn Lebanon and palestine-talking is no panacea.

然而，尽管与伊朗和叙利亚进行某种形式的对话确实有所帮助—不仅对伊拉克同样也对饱受冲突折磨的黎巴嫩和巴勒斯坦有益—但是对话并不是万灵药。

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The United States did not repeat the mistakes it made in Iraq and Afghanistan — committing armies only to be entrapped by local problems.

美国不会重复在伊拉克和阿富汗犯下的错误——对外驻军，国内却问题重重，陷入困境。

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Aslan add: "Not only are those enemies gone but the fact of the matter is that Iran has far greater influence in both Iraq and in Afghanistan."

阿斯兰补充道：“不仅仅是两个敌人消失了，更关键的事实在于伊朗对伊拉克和阿富汗的影响力大大增加了。”

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"What I found being in Afghanistan was problems all too familiar of not only in Iraq, but in Vietnam years ago,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

The national reports clearly, from 20 countries out of the 21 countries in the region, Iraq was the only country that could not report, for understandable reasons - all 20 countries have shown that they have weak programs, weak surveillance, and that the coverage is very,very poor.

VOA: standard.2010.07.07

As the story circulated not only in Iraq but in newspapers abroad Mr Hussein said Uday had to stand trial for murder.

ECONOMIST: Uday and Qusay Saddam Hussein

Sunni-Shiite rivalries -- not only in Iraq, but throughout the Muslim world -- have been a factor in the torpid pace of diplomatic relations between Iraq and the Arab world.

CNN: UAE may be first Arab nation to restore full ties with Iraq

It is hard to imagine an outcome that would be more certain of failure, not only in Iraq but in the wider world, to say nothing of a more lasting stigma.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Call it surrender