The book also argues that policy initiatives (for instance, the privatization of Iraq's economy under the Coalition Provisional Authority) were rushed through while the citizens of these countries were in shock from disasters, upheavals, or invasion.
这本书还认为，政策措施（例如，在联军临时权力机构统治下对伊拉克经济的私有化）被紧急通过，是当这些国家的公民在遭受灾难，动乱，或入侵的冲击的时候。