Unlike Russian official media in recent weeks, he did not blame Poland for starting the war, or try to claim that the Soviet Union's invasion of Poland on September 17th 1939 was justified.

和俄罗斯官方媒体近几周的报道不同的是，他既没有指责波兰挑起战争，也没有试图宣称前苏联1939年9月17日对波兰的入侵是合法之举。

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Unlike Russian official media in recent weeks, he did not blame Poland for starting the war, or try to claim that the Soviet Union’s invasion of Poland on September 17th 1939 was justified.

不像最近几周的俄罗斯官方媒体，普京并没有责怪波兰发动战争，也没有设法为1939年9月17号苏联入侵波兰的合理性作辩护。

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There was speculation about whether he would escalate the war or cool it a little in the hope of starting negotiations, but nobody really saw what was coming.

人们纷纷猜测，他会让战争升级还是让战争冷却好开始谈判，但谁也没有真正预计到演讲的内容。

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Radical Republicans wanted to punish the South for starting the war.

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Many people at that time still hated the south for starting the Civil War.

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The U.S. led an invasion into Iraq, starting the war, in March 2003.

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Every day of delay in starting the war matters little to Guinea but it puts more Americans at mortal risk.

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