Let's not focus on the current difficulties there. And also not on the questionable justification for the war, those weapons of mass destruction that somehow have never turned up.

请不要把眼光集中在眼下那里的困难，也不要集中在这场战争令人怀疑的正当性上，那些大规模杀伤性武器不知怎的从来就没露过面。

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However, Ellsberg said, such a volume of material can be noteworthy for what it lacks: in this case, a justification for the U.S. continuing to wage war in Afghanistan.

然而，艾斯·伯格表示，如此大量的材料可以让人注意到其中缺失的东西：就此次事件而言，缺失的就是美国继续在阿富汗作战的正当性。

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However, Ellsberg said, such a volume of material can be noteworthy for what it lacks: in this case, a justification for the U. S. continuing to wage war in Afghanistan.

然而，艾斯·伯格表示，如此大量的材料可以让人注意到其中缺失的东西：就此次事件而言，缺失的就是美国继续在阿富汗作战的正当性。

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Meanwhile, sources close to Foreign Secretary Mr Hague have confirmed that he has written to cabinet ministers reminding them of government policy not to comment on the justification or otherwise for the Iraq war until after the Chilcot Inquiry reports.

BBC: John Prescott: Iraq invasion 'cannot be justified'

They certainly can argue, with some justification, that it was the war, and not the New Deal, that finally got us out of the Great Depression.

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