His officials say he was always in favour of a "surge" to try to turn around the war in Iraq.

他自己在正式场合说，他一直“迫不及待”地想要尝试扭转伊拉克的战局。

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She has always been against me to eat snacks, don't say, the "snack war" has spoiled.

她一直以来都是反对我吃零食的，别说，这次的“零食大战”有泡汤了。

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But it's also a somewhat convenient position because he can always say no one tried to win the war the way that I suggested to win it, because I don't think that there is going to be a commitment of a lot more troops.

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