It is a tale of a good man doggedly working for a bad end, an end that was not simply a war of choice, or a preventive war of dubious legality, but a war of revenge.

最终那场战争不仅是选择的战争，不是一场阻止非正义的战争。 而是复仇的战争。

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In Libya, another war of choice, you are now confronted with many of the same contradictions, impossible choices, and hard decisions that these other conflicts pose.

在利比亚，对选择的另一战争，你现在面临许多的同样矛盾，不可能的选择和对这些冲突所作的艰难决定。

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This one is what Israelis call a "war of choice". Mr Olmert did not have to react the way he did. But now that he has, the stakes could hardly be higher for both sides.

这就是以色列所称的“决择的战争”Mr Olmert并不需要以他以前那样方式作出反应，但既然他已经这么做了，对双方的利益来说都不可能再有提升的空间。

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"And Obama really has a choice to make here. Does he want to fight a war on the front of liberal Democrats, or does he want to fight a war to win Republican support in the Senate and win conservative Democratic support in the Senate,".

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The evidence thus far leads to the conclusion that this was a war of choice and not a war of necessity.

CNN: Commentary: What the Iraq mission cost Bush

"He spoke in terms no American president has done before, " Aslan said, citing Obama's description of the invasion of Iraq as a war of choice, and the word "occupation" in relation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

CNN: Obama draws questions, praise from Muslims

But if soldiers realize this war is contrary to what the Constitution extols, if they stood up and threw their weapons down, no president could ever again initiate a war of choice, and so forth.

NPR: What Does Watada Case Mean for Military Law?