Da invasionen var ovre, havde man moralsk pligt til i det mindste at foretage en material genopbygning af Irak, men arrogance, inkompetence, korruption samt politisk og militær uduelighed forhindrede dette.
Once the invasion had been completed there was a moral duty to reconstruct Iraq, at least in physical terms, but political and military arrogance, incompetence, corruption and ineptitude have prevented this.