Obama: US Must End 'Single-Minded' Focus on Iraq　(2/2)

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee also vowed to use his what he called all the tools of statecraft to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
民主党总统候选人也发誓用他所谓的管理国家的所有工具来阻止伊朗发展核武器.

Obama's speech brought a quick response from the presumptive Republican candidate, Senator John McCain.
奥巴马的演说引起了来自共和党候选人,参议员约翰.麦凯恩的快速回应.

McCain criticized Obama for laying on out a strategy on Iraq and Afghanistan before consulting with U.S. and local officials in those two countries.
麦凯恩批评奥巴马在与美国政府及伊拉克和阿富汗两国政府协商前就布置了针对两国的策略.

"And I know note that he is speaking today about these his plans for Iraq and Afghanistan before he has even left, before his he has talked to General Petraeus, before he has seen the progress in Iraq, and before he has set foot in Afghanistan for the first time. In my experience, fact-finding missions usually work best the other way around. First you assess the facts on the ground, then you present a new strategy."
"我注意到今天他谈了关于伊拉克和阿富汗的计划,这在他离开伊拉克和阿富汗之前,在他与Petraeus将军会谈前,在他在伊拉克看见这些发展之前,甚至在他第一次踏上阿富汗的土地之前.以我的应验,从反方向来讲,寻求事实的任务效果更好.首先你要确定确实的真相,然后你才会提出新的策略."

McCain has won the long been a champion of the warship Bush's administration's military surge strategy in Iraq and says it a similar approach is required in Afghanistan.
麦凯恩一直是布什政府针对伊拉克军事策略的拥护者,他说在阿富汗也需要相似的策略.

McCain also told his audience in New Mexico that he knows how to win wars and that his military experience would make him a better commander in chief.
麦凯恩还告诉他在新墨西哥的支持者他知道如何赢得战争,他的军事经验将会使他称为很好的领导者.

词汇:
presumptive   adj.假定的
nominee   n.被提名的人,被任命者
vow   n.誓约  v.宣誓,立誓,发誓
statecraft   n.管理国家的本领

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