Iraq suffers from the standard ills of countries that have not succeeded in developing democratic governance: poverty, little if any experience of democracy, and a history of maintaining domestic stability through oppression and violence.
伊拉克有着所有未成功实行民主治理的国家的通病：贫困，几乎没有经历过民主，长期靠压迫和暴力维持国内稳定。