欧洲人认为，美国在伊拉克的军事冒险首先提高了石油价格，所以就应当用能源税来平抑油价。 人们可以原谅他们这样的想法。
Europeans might be forgiven for thinking that the Americans, who pumped up oil prices in the first place with their military misadventure in Iraq, should be the ones who “pump it down” with an energy tax.