Peter Galbraith je sredinom 2000-tih napisao knjigu u kojoj je detektirao sve greške koje su napravljane ratom u Iraku, a između ostalog kako će se to odraziti na jačanje djelovanja Irana i od njih financiranih terorističkih skupina.
Evo par stvari koje su izdvojili u jednom review-u:
A war intended to eliminate (what were later found to be non-existent) weapons of mass destruction in Iraq “ended up with Iran and North Korea much closer to having deployable nuclear weapons.”
¶A war intended to help combat terrorism has led to the recruitment of more terrorists and the spread of Al Qaeda to Iraq.
¶A war intended to create a bulwark against the ayatollahs in Tehran turned into a “strategic gift to Iran” and the empowerment in Iraq of pro-Iranian Shiite theocrats.
¶A war intended to make Israel more secure has made that country more vulnerable to threats from Syria, Iran and Hezbollah.