Furthermore, the toppling of Saddam in Iraq and the subsequent chaos that has bedeviled that country since is a sobering thought for the Syrian government.

• 而且，在想到萨达姆在伊拉克的倒台以及此后便一直肆虐于那个国家的混乱状态之后，叙利亚政府就会变得清醒起来。