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

每一次收获都来之不易，每一次胜利都遇到了反作用力。

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.

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