Today, on the other hand, in the U.S. and Britain public opinion and the electoral cycle exercise an overwhelming influence over the conduct of the war in Afghanistan.

今天则不同，美英国内的公众意见和全民选举周期对阿富汗战争的指挥施加了压倒性的影响。

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In my own research, published in the Hard Hand of War, I was impressed by the extent to which the combatants placed limits on the destructiveness.

我自己的研究结论，发表于《硬手(hard hand)战争》中，我对战斗人员进行破坏时的节制程度是印象深刻的。

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On the other hand, he was aware of the potential threat that a neighbor like France would be for the young nation, and was prepared to go to war to prevent a strong French presence in the region.

从另一方面来说，他充分意识到一个象法国这样强大的邻国对于一个年轻的国家是一个潜在的威胁，并准备好一旦法国要侵占就发动战争来抵抗。

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On the other hand, only 44 percent believed the war is worth the cost in a recent ABC News Washington Post poll, down from 56 percent in March of last year.

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Opinions on the war in Iraq, on the other hand, have changed slightly, with a slight majority (52 percent) now saying that the war is an essential part of the war on terrorism.

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The central one is that his review of three decades of American policy fails to distinguish sufficiently between the cost to Latin America of the drug war, on the one hand, and of the illegal drug industry itself on the other.

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UN-led system of global governance is working to redefine international law by on the one hand whitewashing war crimes by states associated with the majority, and on the other hand rendering it illegal for unpopular countries to take action to protect themselves against aggression.

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