The troops are standing by.

部队随时待命出动。

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S. troops are standing guard. We can no longer afford to postpone our nation-building while Iraqis squabble over whether to do theirs.

在伊拉克人在争论是否要搞他们的国家建设的时候，我们再也不能推迟我们的国家建设。

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They have largely resisted long-standing requests to send more troops to the war-torn country, particularly to more volatile areas.

VOA: standard.2009.03.29

We saw troops standing to the side, smoking, smiling, and looking on at demonstrators shouting anti-Morsi slogans.

BBC: Suez: the city fighting a curfew

Weddings are being held inside sets made of canvas tents painted to look like the Himalayan battlefield, with sack-stuffed "troops" standing guard.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | INDIA: The Spoils of War

And my plan has a better chance of standing up and fighting for those troops.

NPR: Transcript of Presidential Debate