"Our effort here in writing this letter is just urging caution because we're hoping that with the new administration, we will have an administration that will lend itself more to diplomacy and working through other means rather than always military confrontation,".

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Rather than the military's power that does nothing but focuses on where is the next war.

军事力量则不同,除了带给我们下一场战争，什么也办不到。

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In other words, should we be putting more emphasis on diplomacy on economic and technical assistance in Afghnastan rather than so much emphasis on the military actions?

换句话说，我们是不是应该把更多的经历放到外交，经济以及技术援助上,而不是把过多的经历放在军事行动上？

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