In the case of Afghanistan, the summer of 2011 will almost certainly bring a collision between Mr Obama and the Republicans, and maybe between the President and his generals.

就阿富汗问题来说，在2010年夏季，几乎可以肯定的是，奥巴马与共和党人之间会产生冲突，而且可能也会和将军们产生意见分歧。

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Forty-eight percent of people in a USA Today/Gallup Poll taken this week said the president should send more troops to Afghanistan.

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But President Obama surprised mourners by also visiting the graves of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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PRESIDENT OBAMA: "I think Afghanistan is still winnable, in the sense of our ability to ensure that it is not a launching pad for attacks against North America.

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Later that evening, the Secretary-General met the President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai.

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Karzai will remain the president of Afghanistan, running a corrupt and incompetent government.

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But Burhanuddin Rabbani, the Alliance's leader and self-styled president of Afghanistan, was sidelined, apparently under pressure from the American and German governments, among others.

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