CNN News: 特朗普政府公布對駐阿富汗美軍政策

U.S. President Donald Trump made a primetime address last night. It was his first one of those since the address he gave to a joint session of Congress in February. The focus: his administration's strategy concerning U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan.
美國總統(tǒng)唐納德·特朗普昨晚發(fā)表了黃金時間講話。這是自二月以來，他首次面向國會參眾兩院聯(lián)席會議發(fā)表講話。此次講話重點為：特朗普政府對駐阿富汗美軍的戰(zhàn)略政策。
The war there began in 2001 under U.S. President George W. Bush. At that time, Afghanistan was controlled by a militant group called the Taliban.
阿富汗戰(zhàn)爭始于2001年美國總統(tǒng)喬治·W·布什時期。當(dāng)時，阿富汗由武裝組織“塔利班”控制。
They refused a U.S. demand to hand over the terrorist responsible for the September 11thattacks against America. So, an international coalition, a group of countries led by the U.S. launched attacks on Taliban and terrorist targets.
該組織拒絕了美國提出的交出9·11事件中襲擊美國的恐怖分子的要求。因此，一個由美國領(lǐng)導(dǎo)的國際盟軍發(fā)動了對塔利班和恐怖分子的攻擊。
The conflict continued into the presidency of Barack Obama. He initially promised a temporary surge, an increase in a number of U.S. troops there, as well as an end to the war by 2014. But two years after that, at the end of Mr. Obama's presidency, more than 8,000American troops were still there and the Taliban remained a powerful force in the South Asian country.
這場沖突持續(xù)至巴拉克·奧巴馬的任期內(nèi)。最初奧巴馬承諾臨時增加美國駐阿富汗的美軍數(shù)量，并在2014年結(jié)束戰(zhàn)爭。但兩年后奧巴馬執(zhí)政結(jié)束，當(dāng)時仍有8000名美軍駐扎在阿富汗，而塔利班在這個南亞國家仍然是一支強大的力量。
Like his predecessor, Donald Trump initially criticized U.S. involvement in Afghanistan as expensive. And leading up to his presidential run, Mr. Trump said it wasn't in America's national interest. But after becoming president and discussing Afghanistan with his military advisors, Mr. Trump said that he took over a mess and was going to make it, quote, a lot less messy. He used his address last night to explain his strategy for how to do that.
和他的前任一樣，唐納德·特朗普最初批評美國在阿富汗的投入耗資巨大。在競選總統(tǒng)時，特朗普曾表示它不符合美國的國家利益。但在當(dāng)選總統(tǒng)并和他的軍事顧問商討了阿富汗問題之后，特朗普表示，他接手了一堆爛攤子，并打算把它變得不那么糟糕。他在昨晚的講話中解釋了他的戰(zhàn)略。
A core pillar of our new strategy is a shift from a time-based approach to one based on conditions.
我們新戰(zhàn)略的核心支柱是，從基于時間的處理方式轉(zhuǎn)變?yōu)榛趯嶋H情況的處理方式。
I've said it many times how counterproductive it is for the United States to announce in advance the dates we intend to begin or end military options.
我已經(jīng)說過很多次，對美國來說，提前宣布我們打算開始或結(jié)束軍事抉擇的日期會產(chǎn)生多么適得其反的效果。
We will not talk about numbers of troops or our plans for further military activities. Conditions on the ground, not arbitrary timetables, will guide our strategy from now on. America's enemies must never know our plans, or believe they can wait us out. I will not say when we are going to attack, but attack we will.
我們不會再討論軍隊的數(shù)量，也不會再討論進(jìn)一步的軍事行動計劃。從現(xiàn)在開始，指導(dǎo)我們的戰(zhàn)略的是實際情況，而不是任意的時間表。我們永遠(yuǎn)不能讓敵人知道我們的計劃，或者期待我們某天會撤軍。我不會說出我們將于何時發(fā)動攻擊，但我們一定會發(fā)動攻擊。