It shows that a modest dose of air power can save lives; but also that the rhetoric of civilian protection can be stretched to justify a creeping mission.

这表明适度的空中打击可以拯救生命；与此同时，保护平民的雄辩言辞可以扩大成为秘密行动的辩护词。

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The second gives a poignant account of civilian survivors and those who risked their lives to save them.

其二，影片深刻记录了存活下来的老百姓以及那些甘冒生命危险保护他们的人们的故事。

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For example, at one point you decide whether to save an infested civilian population or to "purify" the planet.

比如，您必须在“拯救被感染的民众”和“净化整个星球”这两个决定中选择其一。

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"Time and again, the report inverts Israel's unprecedented extensive efforts to save civilian lives as proof that any civilian casualties were therefore deliberate, " she told the Assembly.

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Voters watch British soldiers getting blown up on television and then tune in for the execution of a civilian, who appeals to the prime minister to save him and then has his head severed with a small knife.

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