Second, being perceived as a lawbreaker hurt America at a time when winning hearts and minds was a security issue, not just a project of soft power.

第二，这种行为是对法律的破坏也是安全问题，它伤害了美国人的好胜心。

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Diet soft drinks may lull you into a false sense of security.

喝无糖饮料会给人造成一种安全的错觉。

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The crown said the men planned to smuggle on boardcomponents of a liquid bomb disguised as soft drinks to bypass airport security. The devices would have been assembled during the flight.

英国皇家警察称这些人计划将伪装成软饮料的炸弹零件绕过机场安检，偷运进航班上，并将在飞行过程中组装成炸弹。

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Obama had already put in so much effort to show that he was tough on illegal immigration, just like all Democratic presidents or presidential candidates have to do because they're perceived by some voters as soft on border security in the same way that in the 1970s they were seen as soft on national security.

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But what about the basic point, Joe, that soft border is a national security issue.

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In July and August, the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center took the rare step of warning people around the world about the impending threat of the "Code Red" worm -- named after the soft drink favored by the security team that first analyzed it.

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