斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔将军在《赋能》一书中,描述了在伊拉克战争早期,军队等级结构对军事行动的阻碍。
In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.
红袍法师?你是说麦克里斯,那贤者?
而这会增加麦克里斯托将军在阿富汗增兵的信心。
That will increase confidence in General McChrystal’s intention to keep expanding the Afghan security forces.
麦克里斯特尔的失误并不在于同奥巴马之间的分歧。
拜登主张的对阿富汗政策比麦克里斯特尔支持的政策局限性更大。
Vice President Joe Biden, who favored a far more limited approach in Afghanistan than the one McChrystal advocated.
这名发言人还说,马伦和麦克里斯特尔星期一晚上进行了交谈。
人们渴望证明奥巴马已经下定决心(将麦克里斯特尔革职并撤军)。
People crave some evidence that Obama has steel in his soul.
斯坦利·麦克里斯托尔将军为北约空袭造成21名平民死亡表示道歉。
General Stanley McChrystal is apologizing for a NATO air strike that killed at least 21 civilians.
他周三说,我们在战略上完全一致,并对麦克里斯特尔表达了极大的赞赏。
'We are in full agreement about our strategy,' he said Wednesday, expressing 'great admiration' for the general.
麦凯恩说,他希望麦克里斯特尔将军能采用类似于以前向伊拉克增兵的大刀阔斧的措施。
McCain said he wants to see McChrystal use the same aggressive approach employed during the troop surge in Iraq.
那种宽厚的观点是,麦克里斯特尔将军及其团队面对《滚石》记者出言不逊的背后是沮丧。
The charitable view is that frustration lay behind the reckless insults dished out by General McChrystal and his team in front of a journalist from Rolling Stone.
他说他将带着“怀疑性的”心态来考虑麦克里斯特尔的增兵请求,纵然这应该是意料之中的。
He says he will consider the general's request for troops with a "sceptical" mindset even though it should have come as no surprise.
在解职声明公布前,阿富汗官员曾说,解除麦克里斯特尔的职务将扰乱战争的进程,可能会威胁到南部地区的关键行动。
Afghan officials said before the announcement that firing Gen. McChrystal would disrupt progress in the war and could jeopardize pivotal operations in the south.
令人担忧的是,麦克里斯特尔将军最后的指令之一就是将那里的行动推迟到秋季,这表明当地的居民还不愿意支持这次行动。
Worryingly, one of General McChrystal's last acts was to postpone the operation there until the autumn, amid signs that local people were not yet ready to back it.
双方都有企图,麦克里斯夫人的总结尤为精彩:“如果双方能早些做出如此调和,我想这也早已载入两国的伟大史册了。”
Their ambitions were best summed up by Mrs McAleese: "I think it could be one of the greatest symbols of where we have moved to as a country if we had that great reconciliation with our neighbour."
这个时间表意味着,美军将投入近10万兵力的驻阿富汗任务,不会像驻阿最高指挥官麦克里斯特尔将军所要求的那样无限升级。
That timetable suggests the troop commitment, which will take U.S. forces to nearly 100,000, will not be the sort of open-ended increase requested by top U.S. commander Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal.
在这样黯淡的背景下,巴拉克·奥巴马还面临着驻阿富汗美国和北约联军最高统帅斯坦利·麦克里斯特尔将军大量增加驻军人数的要求(见文章)。
Against this gloomy backdrop, Barack Obama is faced with a request from the American and NATO commander in Afghanistan, General Stanley McChrystal, for large Numbers of new troops (see article).
《滚石》(Rolling Stone)杂志上一篇题为《失控的将军》(The Runaway General)的文章复印件在周五出版前传开来之后,麦克里斯特尔的一些最坚决的支持者没能为他辩护。
Some of his strongest advocates failed to jump to his defense after copies of the profile in Rolling Stone, titled 'The Runaway General,' circulated ahead of its publication Friday.
真正重要的是,他不会选择一个才能逊于麦克·克里斯托上将的人而破坏美国的任务,毕竟,麦克·克里斯托曾是他的首选。
Just as important, he did not undermine the mission by choosing a lesser talent to replace General McChrystal, who, after all, was the President's first choice.
但正如麦克·克里斯托将军指出的,奥巴马要批准这个计划将要承受极大的压力,除非他的计划取得了重大成果。
But Mr Obama, as General McChrystal noted, will be hard-pressed to sanction this unless there is a significant success for his plan.
高级军官们担心,他正在秋后算账,暗中对付他只见过两次的麦克克里斯托将军。
Senior military officers fear he is second-guessing and undermining Gen McChrystal, whom he has met only twice.
奥巴马正面临来自驻阿富汗的美军及北约指挥官,斯坦利·麦克·克里斯托的大规模增兵请求。
Barack Obama is faced with a request from the American and NATO commander in the country, General Stanley McChrystal, for large Numbers of extra soldiers.
奥巴马正面临来自驻阿富汗的美军及北约指挥官,斯坦利·麦克·克里斯托的大规模增兵请求。
Barack Obama is faced with a request from the American and NATO commander in the country, General Stanley McChrystal, for large Numbers of extra soldiers.
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