Every gain has been hard-won, every victory met with a counterforce.

每一次收之不易，每一次胜利遇到了反作用力。

The order to disband the Iraqi army put 400,000 armed and jobless men onto Iraq's streets, at the same time removing a potential counterforce to both internal criminality and meddling by Iraq's neighbours.

拉克下令遣散部队，400,000名军人失去工作，流落街头，同时国失去了应对国内犯罪、邻国干涉的能力。