Even more unsettling are the truly huge economic numbers, especially the billion that Bush has asked Congress to appropriate for the military occupation and reconstruction effort, at a time when the federal deficit is already humongous.

• 而更令人不安的是真正巨大的经济数字，特别是布什要求国会为军事占领与重建伊拉克拨款870亿美元，而当今联邦政府的赤字已是巨额数字了。