So we're in the absurd position of being committed to help Japan fight a war over islands, even though we don't agree that they are necessarily Japanese.

所以我们处于这么一种荒诞的位置，就是虽然我们要在这边岛屿发生战事的时候协助日本，但我们并不认为这些岛屿一定属于日本。

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By that time the Cold War had already taken hold, and the position of the U.

那时冷战已经开始，美国的立场已经距雅尔塔和波茨坦条约发生了相当大的变化。

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Without strong Allies in a position to finance the war extensively, it must be considered doubtful whether Japan will decide to overstep the boundaries of Manchuria.

没有强大的盟友来全面资助战争，日本是否要越过满洲的地界都必然是要被质疑的。

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They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.

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Its screen is three feet by two feet and employs surveillance information to give those in charge an overhead view of a war zone that shows the position of both good guys and bad.

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And the war is even more unpopular among Democratic primary voters, something senators were constantly reminded of by the periodic disruptions of the hearings by anti-war protestors, and all of the Democratic presidential candidates have fought to position themselves as the candidate who can bring the troops home.

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Under amendments to the National Security Act of 1947, which created the position of the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the War Department, now housed for the first time in a building of its own, became the Department of Defense.

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