For now, Iran looks pretty safe from the threat of an Iraq-style ground invasion.

现在，伊朗相当安全，不会面临伊拉克式的地面入侵。

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Thousands of Israeli troops are poised on the Gaza border, awaiting the order for a ground invasion.

以色列上万名军人集结在加沙边境，等待地面进攻的命令。

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After Hamas stepped up its rocket attacks at the end of 2008, Israel began a major offensive in the Gaza Strip, launching air strikes and a ground invasion.

在2008年末哈马斯增加了他的火箭进攻，以色列开始了在加沙地带的主要进攻，发动了空中袭击和陆地侵略。

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Israel called up reservists and massed its forces on the Gaza border, threatening a ground invasion.

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What is clear though is that conducting an operation like Libya without a ground invasion can take a long time and require the escalation of force to very high levels.

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But grim forebodings prove all too accurate: an air assault lays waste to the landscape and a ground invasion from an unidentified army leaves their neighbors dead and draws them into the vortex of brutality.

NEWYORKER: Shame