Should the United States, with its rather dismal record in nation building and its indifferent success in Iraq and Afghanistan, throw its resources for such a project?

美国——在帮助建国的记录中沉闷抑郁，而在伊拉克和阿富汗取得了无关紧要的成功——应该为这一项目投入资源吗？

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That is why our troop commitment in Afghanistan cannot be open-ended - because the nation that I am most interested in building is our own.

这就是为什么，我们在阿富汗的军事行动不能是开放式的——因为我最想建造的，是我们自己的国家。

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In other words, the main task for the 82nd Airborne Division and other army units for the foreseeable future, pace Ms Rice, will be nation-building in Iraq and Afghanistan.

换句话说，第82空降师以及其他战斗单位在可见的将来的主要任务，赖斯女士说，将是伊拉克和阿富汗的国家重建。

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In an emotional speech on the floor of the Senate, Veteran-Democrat Robert Byrd, suggested the U.S.military mission and Afghanistan has become lost in what he called some broader scheme of nation-building.

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Eleven years of nation-building in Afghanistan for no worthwhile end to make Kabul safe for the greedy, grasping Karzai clan?

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Those involved in nation-building in Afghanistan believe that the way in which the Americans go about their business is not helpful.

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Finally, Mitt Romney is an even more rabid adventurer overseas, supporting (at least until recently) misbegotten nation-building in Afghanistan, proposing to meddle in the Syrian imbroglio, and breathing fire not only against Iran but also China and Russia.

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