The irony of having to send our astronauts up in Russian Soyuz capsules is as plain as cold war history.

让我们的宇航员搭乘俄罗斯联盟号太空仓的讽刺意味，像冷战的历史一样显而易见。

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Now therefore if thou trustest in thy forces, come down to us into the plain, and there let us try one another: for with me is the strength of war.

所以现在，如果你仗恃兵力，就请下到平原，到我们这里，彼此较量一下，因为我有许多城池可倚恃。

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There can be fighting without war but there can be no war without an organization that makes it something more than just plain fighting.

就算没有战争,争斗同样可以存在,但没有组织,便没有战争,组织使的战争的意义超出了单纯的争斗

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