They are three distinct categories, but as things are, they all belong to the middle forces.

这是不同的三部分人，但都是目前时局中的中间派。

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Its armed forces get involved in conflicts in the Balkans, the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan, to which Germany is the third-largest contributor of troops.

德国的军事力量插手了巴尔干、中东、非洲的地区冲突，同时也是阿富汗的第三大驻军。

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The biggest difficulty is that by squeezing the pirates hard in the Gulf of Aden the naval task forces have created a “balloon effect”, spreading attacks out to the middle of the Indian Ocean.

最大的难点是，海军军事力量在亚丁湾附近极力打压海盗，海盗却像气球一样反弹起来：海盗的袭击范围甚至扩展到了印度洋的中部。

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While recent U.S. naval exercises to improve rapid response capabilities in the Pacific are prudent at this time, they should be made in conjunction with an upgrade of Middle East military forces.

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Their idea of putting U.S. forces in the middle of this conflict is sheer lunacy.

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Meanwhile, the consumer is caught in the middle while these two competing forces try to minimize their expenditures.

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