Now, though winning hearts and minds is "helpful", security unlocks the Afghan puzzle.

现在，赢得人心虽然“有好处”，但是，解决阿富汗问题要的是安全。

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But these days NATO is trying to learn the art of winning hearts and minds, so macho driving is out.

但是这些天，北约正在尝试着学会赢取民意和民愿，因而他们不再蛮横地抢车道。

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Second, being perceived as a lawbreaker hurt America at a time when winning hearts and minds was a security issue, not just a project of soft power.

第二，这种行为是对法律的破坏也是安全问题，它伤害了美国人的好胜心。

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"The Gulf spill is a tragedy that never should have happened." In the battle to win hearts and minds, BP's newest ad, appears to be winning few converts.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

Do you worry that this might -- it's going to undermine your efforts of winning hearts and minds?

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

For the British, certainly, this war is as much about heavy metal fighting as it is about winning hearts and minds.

CNN: Christiane Amanpour: Aid as a psychological tool

It appears that most of the soldiers targeted had been working in road construction, part of the army's strategy for winning hearts and minds locally.

BBC: Musharraf returns to Pakistan despite threats