We do not attempt to explain whether the American people were deliberately misled regarding the war’s costs, or whether the Bush administration’s gross underestimate should be attributed to incompetence, as it vehemently argues is true in the case of weapons of mass destruction.
我们并不试图解释为什么美国人民有意在战争费用问题上受到欺骗，或者布什政府大大低估费用是否是由于不称职。布什政府激烈争辩，而在大规模杀伤性武器问题上它的确不称职。