36整个这个局面就是一个愚蠢的错误的结果。

所有糟糕的情况都是由于这个愚蠢的错误。

the whole situation was a result of a silly mistake 

The whole situation was the result of a silly mistake.

"A是B(的结果)"

A是因为B

整个这个局面就是一个愚蠢的错误的结果。

The whole situation was () a silly mistake

due to 

caused by 

induced by 

The whole situation ( ) a silly mistake.

attributed to  归因于

resulted from

owe to

lead to sth.

以上都可以代替because

sb. attribute a result to a reason

a result be attributed to a reason.

lead to 导致/原因导致结果 

结果在这里名词

lead to +名词

contribute to +名词

give rise to +名词

lead sb. to do sth.