对于像本报这样谨慎的旁观者而言，与历史趋势(在美国，还有隐性经济)不一致的评估常常正是令人担心之所在。

For wary observers, such as this newspaper, valuations that seem out of step with historical trends (and, in America, the underlying economy) are usually ones to worry about.

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对于一些旁观者来说，包括美国，所有计划都带着不可避免的失败气息。

To some observers, including the Americans, it all has an air of inevitable failure.

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当谈到邻国援助的问题，霍希亚尔·兹巴里说：“如果他们不增加援助---或者他们一直作为旁观者并抱着 ‘让美国人来处理伊拉克问题吧’的态度----后果无疑将会是伊拉克的失败。

Speaking of his country’s neighbors, he said: “If they don’t do more — and so far they’ve been spectators, saying, ‘Let the Americans have it’ — the consequence will be Iraq’s failure.

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