iron-fisted rule 鐵腕政權

iron-fisted rule
繁:鐵腕政權
简:铁腕政权

奧巴馬在利比亞推翻了穆阿邁爾·卡扎菲(Muammar el-Qaddafi)自上而下的鐵腕政權。但是他拒絕派美國軍隊前往利比亞,去促成一個新的社會契約。結果就是,今天的利比亞並不比伊拉克更穩定,也同樣沒有實現自行延續的民主,只是我們在那裡失敗的成本要小一些。

美國在中東只能順勢而為(2013年8月31日)。纽约时报中文网,取自 http://cn.nytimes.com/opinion/20130831/c31friedman/zh-hant/

Nearly a quarter-century of iron-fisted rule by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein crumbled dramatically Wednesday, sending jubilant Iraqis into the streets of Baghdad just three weeks after the U.S.-led coalition launched Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Saddam regime loses grip on Baghdad. (2003, April 10). CNN. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/09/sprj.irq.war.main/index.html?iref=mpstoryview