The attack on Afghanistan that followed the 9/11 attacks was understandable, but the subsequent invasion of Iraq was entirely unconnected to Al Qaeda – as much as Bush tried to establish a link. That war of choice quickly became very expensive – orders of magnitude beyond the $60 billion claimed at the beginning – as colossal incompetence met dishonest misrepresentation.
在9·11之后对阿富汗发动的袭击还不难理解，但此后入侵伊拉克则完全与基地组织无关，尽管布什竭力要将两者扯上关系。结果，伊拉克战争很快就造成了昂贵代价——由于军事上的无能和不诚实的歪曲，花销数量级远远超出了一开始宣称的600亿美元。