时事新闻——更换将军，但不改变阿富汗政策

IN THE NEWS - The Runaway General: A Change in Generals, but Not Afghan Policy
时事新闻——逃跑的将军：更换将军，但不改变阿富汗政策.。

This week, President Obama replaced his top commander in Afghanistan. General Stanley McChrystal resigned after a year in command of United States and NATO forces. To replace him, the president chose the general to whom General McChrystal reported. The Senate is expected to quickly confirm General David Petraeus to lead the nearly nine-year-old war.

奥巴马总统撤换了阿富汗的最高指挥官。 Stanley McChrystal 将军在担任美军和北约组织军队最高指挥官一年之后，辞职了。奥巴马选择了 Stanley McChrystal 将军推荐的人选来接替他。 预计参议院将很快任命 David Petraeus 将军来接着领导这场已经持续了接近 9 年的战争。

The last president to remove a war commander was Harry Truman. In nineteen fifty-one he dismissed General Douglas MacArthur during the Korean War. But that was a dispute over policy.

上一次更换战场司令官的总统是 Harry Truman 。在 1951 年的朝鲜战争期间，他撤换了 Douglas MacArthur 将军。但是，在政治上那也是个争议事件。

disrespectfully about several administration officials. The general was quickly ordered to the White House to meet Wednesday with President Obama.

McChrystal 将军辞职原因在于他的言论，相关言论是他对滚石杂志的一名记者说的
将军和他的助手对数位政府官员发表了无理的言论。很快， McChrystal 将军接到通知周三要去白宫与奥巴马总统会面。

BARACK OBAMA: "I welcome debate among my team, but I will not tolerate division."

奥巴马说："我欢迎来自我们政府中的争论，但是，我不能容忍分裂。"

 president said he had considerable regret in accepting the resignation of "one of our nation's finest soldiers." But he said his responsibilities as commander-in-chief led him to his decision.

奥巴马总统认为，他对接受一位我们国家最好的士兵辞职这一事件相当抱歉。但是，他也认为，作为三军统帅的责任不得不使他作出这样的决定。

BARACK OBAMA: "The conduct represented in the recently published article does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. It undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system."

奥巴马总统：在近期公开发表的杂志上提出异议的行为，不符合作为一名身居高位的将军应符合的标准。这种行为破坏了我们民主系统的核心，即文职官员控制军事。

The president says the change is not a change in policy. He says General Petraeus understands that strategy because he helped shape it.

总统认为，这种撤换不是政策上的改变。总统认为， Petraeus 将军理解这种策略，因为，他曾经帮忙制定了这种策略。

General Petraeus is known for his political as well as military skills. Experts credit him with a successful counterinsurgency strategy in Iraq in two thousand seven and two thousand eight. Counterinsurgency involves military action but also depends on civilian relationships to succeed.

Petraeus 将军由于他的政治主张和军事技巧而闻名。专家相信他可以使用其在 2007 年和 2008 年伊拉克战争中的成功的反游击战战术,游击战既涉及使用军事行动，也依赖于民间关系才能成功。

BARACK OBAMA: "We are going to break the Taliban's momentum. We are going to build Afghan capacity. We are going to relentlessly apply pressure on al-Qaida and its leadership, strengthening the ability of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to do the same."

奥巴马总统：我们要破坏塔利班的势头。我们要建立阿富汗政府地位。我们要给基地组织及其指挥层以无情的压力，并同时在阿富汗和巴基斯坦加强同样的力量。

Admiral Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs chairman, says the United States should know by the end of this year whether the strategy is working.

美国参谋长联席会议主席， Mike Mullen 海军上将说，美国在今年年底就会知道这种策略是否有效。

If all goes as planned, withdrawals could begin by next July. But insurgent attacks have increased and progress has been slower than expected in the south.

如果全部事情都像计划一样，那么，撤军将在明年 7 月开始。但是，塔利班的攻击升级了，而且，南部的开展步骤比预想的要慢。

Thirty thousand more American troops are joining the war. But public support is down and concerns in Congress are up .

3 万名美军士兵正在参加这场战争。但是公众支持度正在降低，国会的关注度却在上升。

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