Mesquita and Downs evaluated 35 U.S. interventions from 1945 to 2004 and concluded that in only one case, Colombia, did a "full fledged, stable democracy" develop within ten years following the intervention.
梅斯基塔和唐斯评估了1945年至2004年的35次美国干预行动，得出结论认为，只有哥伦比亚在干预结束后十年内发展了“全面、稳定的民主”。