Moreover, as Bilmes and I argued in our book The Three Trillion Dollar War, the wars contributed to America’s macroeconomic weaknesses, which exacerbated its deficits and debt burden. Then, as now, disruption in the Middle East led to higher oil prices, forcing Americans to spend money on oil imports that they otherwise could have spent buying goods produced in the US.
此外，比尔梅斯和我在《三万亿美元战争》（The Three Trillion Dollar War）一书中指出，布什战争进一步恶化了美国宏观经济，从而增加了赤字和债务负担。如今，中东乱局又使油价进一步上涨，迫使美国人为原油进口付出更多的钱，这些钱原本可以用来购买美国制造的商品。