Robert Maddox wrote, "The immediate effect of the intervention was to prolong a bloody civil war, thereby costing thousands of additional lives and wreaking enormous destruction on an already battered society."
罗伯特·马杜斯（Robert Maddox）曾说，“干涉的直接后果就是延长一场血淋淋的内战，更多地夺取数以千计的生命，以及给一个已经满目疮痍的社会带来巨大的破坏。