记者招待会的到来恰逢布什发动战争之时，很明显目的在于迂回民意测验，建议美国人支持伊拉克战争。

The news conference came as Bush launches a campaign apparently aimed at reversing opinion polls that suggest American support for the Iraq war is waning.

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在电子战争中，你或许会产生些许紧张感或通向心脏的肾上腺素，但实际上什么危险都没有。孩提之时，我有过塑料士兵玩具。

In the video war, there may be some manipulation of anxiety, some adrenaline to the heart, but absolutely nothing is at stake.When I was a boy, I was given plastic army men.

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豪的书终结篇写的是1848年的美国，也是美国和墨西哥颇具争议的战争签订条约结束之时。墨西哥放弃了现在美国西南部的领土。

Howe's book finishes in 1848, when a treaty ended the controversial war between the United States and Mexico, and Mexico ceded the territory that is today the southwestern United States.

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I remember, for example, during the Vietnam War when Richard Nixon spoke about achieving peace with honor, and this was largely mocked as a kind of ludicrous idea.

我还记得越南战争时,尼克松说,要通过荣誉之战赢得和平,这滑稽的想法在当时可是被嘲笑的对象。

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