well, the United States was the primary invader of Iraq.

其实美国是伊拉克的主要侵略者
This was after September 11th

911事件以后
and this disrupted oil supplies again.

原油供给再次被打乱
All these times were periods of backwardation in the oil market

原油市场在这些时段内都表现为现货溢价
because people saw them as crises

因为人们视战争
that were limiting the supply of oil for now,

为原油供给减少的主要原因
but would eventually correct themselves.

但是油价及供求终将自我调整
What's happening now?

那现在的情况又是如何呢
This is just an amazing spike of oil right now.

我们看到现如今石油价格飞涨
There isn't--we have this war in Iraq,

尽管我们攻打了伊拉克
but it's not a sudden, intense thing that--

但是这不是造成石油价格突然高涨的原因
it's not disrupting oil supplies.

战争并没有搅乱石油供给