美国无法通过在伊拉克和阿富汗用兵来获取任何长期地缘政治优势的事实暴露了其全球实力的局限性，而预算危机又迫使其在短期内削减军事资源。
America’s failure to win any lasting geopolitical advantage through the use of military force in Iraq and Afghanistan underscore the limits of its power, while its budget crisis ensures that it will cut its military resources sooner rather than later.