唐纳德·特朗普赞扬萨达姆·侯赛因斩杀恐怖主义者
时间：2019-01-12 作者：英语课 分类：2016年VOA慢速英语(七)月
AS IT IS 2016-07-07 Donald Trump 1 Praises Saddam Hussein for Killing 2 Terrorists 唐纳德·特朗普赞扬萨达姆·侯赛因斩杀恐怖主义者
Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been dead for almost ten years. But his name came alive as Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump praised Hussein’s dealing 3 with suspected terrorists.
“Saddam Hussein was a bad guy, right? He was a bad guy, really bad guy. But you know what he did well? He killed terrorists. He did that so good. They didn’t read 'em the rights, they didn't talk. They were a terrorist -- it was over."
Trump has made similar statements in the past. In 2014, he wrote on Twitter that Iraq was more dangerous then than it ever was under Hussein.
“(The) war was a mistake, as I said from the very beginning. Bush and Obama should apologize,” Trump wrote.
However, in 2003, when American forces found Hussein hiding in a hole near the city of Tikrit, Trump appeared to support Hussein’s removal from office.
He told Fox News: “Some people agree and some people don’t agree, but we are there. And if we are there, you have to take down Saddam Hussein. And they have done that, and they did it -- maybe not as quickly as they thought in terms of finding him -- but they found him. And that is a huge day for this country.”
Lukman Faily is a former Iraqi ambassador to the United States. On Twitter he strongly criticized Trump’s statement about Hussein.
“As a diplomat 4, I tried to keep away from this, but as an Iraqi and a victim of Saddam’s ethnic 5 cleansing 6…I say get your facts first,” he wrote.
Hillary Clinton’s campaign also criticized Trump. Jake Sullivan is Clinton’s senior policy adviser 7. He said Trump’s praise for “brutal strongmen” like Hussein “demonstrate how dangerous he would be as Commander-in-Chief and how unworthy he is of the office he seeks.”
In an interview with Fox News, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan disagreed with Trump’s comment about Hussein.
“He was one of the 20th century’s most-evil people,” Ryan said. “He was up there. He committed mass genocide against his own people using chemical weapons.”
Trump is not likely to be influenced by the criticism. Throughout the campaign he has said he is the person who can best answer the actions of the Islamic State terrorist group in Iraq.
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ethnic cleansing – n. the practice of removing or killing people who belong to an ethnic group that is different from the ruling group in a country or region
genocide – n. the deliberate killing of people who belong to a particular racial, political or cultural group
- He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
- The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
- Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
- Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
- This store has an excellent reputation for fair dealing.该商店因买卖公道而享有极高的声誉。
- His fair dealing earned our confidence.他的诚实的行为获得我们的信任。
- The diplomat threw in a joke, and the tension was instantly relieved.那位外交官插进一个笑话，紧张的气氛顿时缓和下来。
- He served as a diplomat in Russia before the war.战前他在俄罗斯当外交官。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。