破产的两个过程，先是慢慢熬，然后突然垮台 - 对伊朗作战，美帝海空军与以色列比差太多了，掉链子不断

海明威在小说《太阳照常升起》（The Sun Also Rises）中描述破产的两个过程： 

"How did you go bankrupt?” Bill asked.“Two ways,” Mike said. “Gradually and then suddenly.”