日美同盟的拥戴者们认为：同盟关系不仅维护了和平，它还使日本保持了较低的军费开支，使日本取得在其它领域(如经济上)的全球地位。

Defenders of the alliance argue that it has done more than keep the peace: it has enabled Japan to keep its military spending low, and attract global status in other ways, notably economic.

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即便在更多国家能够承担全球领导责任之时，为了使这个世纪实现更和平、更繁荣和更公正的目标，我们的同盟依然必不可少。

And even as more nations take on the responsibilities of global leadership, our alliance will remain indispensable to the goal of a century that is more peaceful, more prosperous and more just.

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可是，这第一次失败只是鼓励了领导人，使他们加倍努力进行宣传，并寻求新的 同盟者 。

This first defeat, however, only spurred leaders to redouble their propaganda and seek new allies.

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