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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Without an authentic prospect of war there can be no justification of privileges for our governing class.

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And he continued his gradual shifting of the justification for the war on Iraq - giving as much weight to regime change and the possible link between Saddam Hussein's WMD and terror groups as he gave to the threat from Iraq.

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