随着世界石油产能接近极限，油价已经比伊拉克战争之前涨了一倍多。 而这样的政策预示着更高的油价，和石油工业的更高利润—该行业是布什中东政策中唯一清楚的赢家。
With world oil production close to full capacity and prices already more than double their pre-Iraq War level, this portends still higher prices, and still higher profits for the oil industry – the only clear winner in Bush’s Middle East policy.