I believed in the mission of Afghanstan in the first place.

从一开始我就相信阿富汗任务的必要性。

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To help you know sort of ahead of time quickly what those views are, I want to start by describing a set of views that many of you probably believe.

让你们稍微提早点儿知道,那些观点是什么，我想要从描述它开始,可能你们有些人会相信。

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Now, since of course, I believe the views I believe... and I hope at the end of the semester you'll agree with me, because I think they're true and I hope you'll end up believing the truth.

现在，从这节课开始，我相信这个观点，我相信。,也希望在这个学期末你们能赞同我，因为我相信那是真实的,我希望你们最后能停止相信,你们所以为的真实。

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