The Iraq war also marked the beginning of America’s subsequent relative decline. Bush squandered a large part of America’s military strength in Mesopotamia for an ideological fiction – strength that is sorely missed in the region ten years later.
伊拉克战争也成为美国相对衰落开始的标志。布什在美索不达米亚的意识形态谎言中浪费了美国很大一部分军力——十年后这些军力在该地区还根本无法补充。美国的力量仍然无法代替。