The 2012 election will focus less on the thing once called "the global war on terror" and more on gridlock in Washington, lost jobs, soaring spending and towering debt.

2012年的大选也会减少对于曾经的所谓“全球反恐战争”的关注，而更多的放在华盛顿的僵局上，以及在失业问题、花销激增和债台高筑上。

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Either they were deemed "enemy combatants", in which case they could be held without charge until the end of Mr Bush's global "war on terror"; or they were not, in which case they could be released.

一是将他们视为“敌方战斗人员”，在这种情况下，他们可以在不被起诉的情况下被无限期羁押，直到布什先生的全球“反恐战争”结束；或是不被视为“敌方战斗人员”而获释放。

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The consensus view in the Americas is the United States turned its gaze away from hemispheric concerns after the attacks of September 11,2001, focusing instead on Afghanistan, Iraq,and the global war on terror.

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That is because we are not, in fact, fighting a global war on terror.

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But the current oil crisis, set against the Global War on Terror, has two novel characteristics.

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By his admonition, we are not to speak of the global war on terror.

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