In Britain, a sceptical public wonders what its soldiers are dying for.

对一肚子怀疑的英国公众想知道本国士兵究竟是为何而马革裹尸。

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Voters thousands of miles away struggle to remember why their soldiers are dying there.

而在遥远的西方国家，选民们也很难理解为什么本国士兵要驻扎甚至牺牲在阿富汗。

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If ordinary people already know that their soldiers are dying in Afghanistan and that the fight is hard, why should a blizzard of details lead to a sudden shift in public opinion?

如果美国民众知道他们的士兵在阿富汗死亡，而且获胜的机会渺小，那为什么还会让有这么多细节的报道分散他们对此事件的看法。

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These are dying soldiers along the side of the road.

这些是路边垂死的士兵

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American soldiers and Iraqi civilians are dying daily in Iraq, in a war we rushed into under full straight tenses t get out of.

在伊拉克，每天都有美国士兵或伊拉克平民丧生，我们迫不及待地投入这场战争,现在却无法脱身，and，now，can’

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Voters thousands of miles away struggle to remember why their soldiers are dying there.

ECONOMIST: The war in Afghanistan

You're in a place where twice as many soldiers are dying now, this year, than last year.

NPR: Afghanistan Five Years After Sept. 11

If ordinary people already know that their soldiers are dying in Afghanistan and that the fight is hard, why should a blizzard of details lead to a sudden shift in public opinion?

ECONOMIST: Afghanistan