S ectarian gates said the United States has responsibility as a global leader to resume the war in Iraq and the larger war on terrorism in spite of high cost of lives,and resorses ,and affect those cost may have on public opinion.

“A country is trouble and decided that my long and difficult war in Iraq. We want our troops to come home and be out of homes, out of harms wave. And yet most know are really sense, the leading chaos behind this in Iraq will bring dramatically more suffering from Iraq ,for Iraqis, and also disaster for the Middle East, and also lonely for us .”

The Defense chiefs remarks commit time was President Bush and Congressional leasers are discussing a second war funding bill .Earlier this week, the president vetoed the first bill presented by the Democratic controlled Congress, which contain the timetable for the withdrawal of U.S forces from Iraq starting in July. After the attempt to override the president’s veto failed, the Democrats drop their demands for a timetable.

Secretary Gates said the United States has a responsibility as a global leader to pursue the war in Iraq and the larger war on terrorism, in spite of the high cost in lives and resources and the effect those costs may have on public opinion.

国防部秘书长盖茨称，作为全球的领袖，不管付出多大的生命、物质代价，也不管由此引起什么样的舆论后果，美国都有责任继续伊拉克战争和更大范围内的反恐战争。

"Our country is troubled and divided by a long and difficult war in Iraq. We want our troops to come home and be out of homes out of a harm's way. And yet, most know or at least sense that leaving chaos behind us in Iraq will bring dramatically more suffering for the Iraqis and also disaster for the Middle East and, ultimately, for us."

“我们的国家陷入了麻烦之中，这场漫长而艰难的战争使国家分裂。我们希望我们的军队回家，并远离伤害。但是，大部分人都知道，或至少能感觉到，将混乱丢给伊拉克将会给伊拉克人民带来更大的痛苦，也会给中东地区带来巨大的灾难，而最终，我们自己也将无法逃脱。”

The defense chief's remarks come at a time when President Bush and congressional leaders are discussing a second war funding bill. Earlier this week, the president vetoed the first bill presented by the Democrat-controlled Congress, which contained a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq starting in July. After an attempt to override the president's veto failed, the Democrats dropped their demand for a timetable.

国防部领导人说这番话正值布什总统和国会领导人商讨新的支出法案之时。本周早些时候，总统否决了由民主党控制的国会提交的首个法案，这项法案含有美军从七月开始对伊撤军的时间表。而在推翻总统否决的努力失败后，民主党人放弃了制定撤军时间表的要求。