Gates: Public Opinion Can’t Stop Afghan War
As Clinton Chides Americans to Support Occupation, Gates Insists Their Opinions Don't Count Anyhow
正當克林頓責罵美國人以支持佔領，蓋茨堅持要求他們的意見無論如何不會計算
by Jason Ditz, December 16, 2010
Translation by Autumnson Blog
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played the usual appeal to fear card in trying to bolster public support for the Afghan War, even as polls show the American public overwhelmingly opposed to continuing the occupation, already in its tenth year. Her comments urged Americans to see the war as “protecting their families.”
國務卿希拉里克林頓玩弄那平常的呼籲恐懼卡，試圖加強公眾支持阿富汗戰爭的第十個年頭，即使民調顯示絕大多數美國民眾反對繼續佔領。她的評論催促美國人視戰爭為“保護他們的家庭。“
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates had a somewhat more frank piece of advice for Americans – the government really doesn’t care what you think and isn’t going to end the war no matter how unpopular it gets.
國防部長羅伯特蓋茨有一稍微較為坦誠的一段忠告給美國人- 政府真的不在乎你在想什麼，和不會去結束戰爭，不管它會多麼不受歡迎。
Gates insisted that the government was more interested in the “long-term” implications of the war than its massive unpopularity. He didn’t indicate how long “long-term” was, but it clearly must have been well more than the 9+ years the US has already been occupying Afghanistan.
蓋茨堅持政府更感興趣的是戰爭的“長期“影響，多於它的大量不受歡迎。他沒有指出“長期“是多久，但它顯然必須已多於9+年，美國已經佔領阿富汗的時間。
In that regard, it seems Gates is continuing the Bush Administration’s rhetoric, that massive unpopularity really doesn’t matter when the ruling class has decided that a bad war is going to continue, and that critics of administration policy must inevitably be drown out by the enormous echo chamber of officials who see an endless, failing war as politically expedient.
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/12/16/gates-public-opinion-cant-stop-afghan-war/
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