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1、2014年北京外国语大学高翻学院英汉同声传译考研初试辅导讲义及练习资料IsStrategyForVictoryinIraqanEmptyPackage?AmericanpeoplewillhavetosupportitwiththeirchildrenandwalletsJoanJohnson-FreeseTheMarch2003,U.S.-ledinvasionofIraqwasabigbettochangethefabricoftheMiddleEasttoonemoreamenabletoU.S.andglobalsecuri
2、tyinthelongterm.OverthrowingSaddamHusseinwasachievedwithlightningspeed.Nearlythreeyearsand2,100AmericancasualtieslatertheWhiteHousehasreleasedastrategyforsecuringandrebuildingIraqasaviabledemocracy.Thequestionnowis,canthisnewstrategywork?Thoughmanypeoplefeltitwasinitia
3、llyawarofchoice,andanunnecessarychoiceatthat,manynowbelieveithasbecomeawarofnecessity.FortheU.S.toleaveIraqintheneartermwouldalmostcertainlyresultinchaos,includingsomecombinationofcivilwar,fragmentation,despoticrule,externalinfluenceandminorityoppression.TheU.S.wouldlo
4、seconsiderableinternationalcredibilityregardingitssupportfordemocracyandhumanrights;credibilityalreadyinshortsupply.Iraqcouldalsobecomeahavenforterrorists.Accomplishingthenewstrategygoalswillbehard.IraqisavirtualRubik’sCubeofcultural,economic,militaryandpoliticaldilemm
5、as,withrootsdatingbacktobeforetheUnitedStatesevenexisted.ThenewstrategyseemstoprovideawaytostartmovingRubik’sCubepiecesinawaythatcould,overaverylongtime,besuccessful.But,asAndrewKrepinevichremindsusinarecentForeignAffairsarticleentitled“HowtoWininIraq,”therearethreeess
6、entialelementstoasuccessfulIraqstrategy:theIraqipeople,theAmericansoldier,morespecificallytheArmy;andtheAmericanpublic.ThePresident’sstrategyaddressesthefirstofthose,butwhatisclearlyneedednowisaplanforaddressingthesecondandthirdelementsessentialtovictory.OsamaBinLaden’
7、s1999fatwapredictedtheUnitedStateswouldnothavethestayingpowertofightaprotractedwaragainstterrorism,apredictionreiteratedrepeatedlysince,includingin2004whenBinLadenvowedawarofattrition.AndwhileitsometimesseemstruethattheUnitedStatesisacrisis-responsesociety,expectingqui
8、ckvictorieswithlowcasualtiesfromitsall-volunteermilitary,theU.S.hasalsodemonstratedstayingpowerwhentheneedwasclear,as
