2006年VOA标准英语-Rice Says Premature US Iraq Pullout Would Cause
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By David Gollust
State Department
29 August 2006
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a war veterans group Tuesday that a premature 1 U.S. troop withdrawal 2 from Iraq would cause immeasurable harm to U.S. interests. Domestic political pressure for at least a timetable for removing troops has been mounting with the approach of elections in November.
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Condoleezza Rice at the American Legion convention
The Bush administration is using the conservative-leaning veterans group, the American Legion, to mount a defense 3 of its Iraq policy, amid growing calls for a withdrawal timetable from opposition 4 Democrats 5 and even some Republicans in the run-up to the November congressional elections.
Addressing the organization's annual convention in Salt Lake City, Utah, Secretary Rice insisted the joint 6 crackdown by Iraqi and U.S. forces against sectarian violence in Baghdad is showing some success, as are so-called clear, hold and build security operations in outlying areas.
The Bush administration has resisted setting any withdrawal schedule before Iraqi forces are able to handle security on their own. Rice told the veterans the strategy can and will succeed, and warned that if the United States quits before the job is done, the cost of failure will be, in her words, "severe, indeed immeasurable":
"If we abandon the Iraqi people before their government is strong enough to secure the country, then we will show reformers across the region that America cannot be trusted to keep its word," said Condoleezza Rice. "We will embolden 7 extremists, enemies of moderation and of democratic reform. We will leave the makings of a failed state in Iraq like that one in Afghanistan in the 1990's which became the base for al-Qaida and the launching pad for the September 11th hijackers."
Rice said that terrorists in Iraq, if they are not defeated, would continue to attack U.S. interests, which is why, she said, President Bush has called Iraq a central front in the war on terrorism.
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld addressed the American Legion gathering 9 earlier Tuesday and President Bush is scheduled to speak there later in the week.
In his remarks, Rumsfeld said the world faces what he termed a new type of fascism in Islamic extremism and likened critics of U.S. war strategy to those who tried to appease 10 Hitler's Germany before the Second World War.
The defense chief questioned whether today's extremists can be appeased 11, and portrayed 12 administration critics as suffering from moral or intellectual confusion.
The Rumsfeld remarks drew quick condemnation 13 from leading Democrats. Senator Jack 8 Reid said he took particular offense 14 to Rumsfeld's suggestion that his critics are unpatriotic, and called the Secretary's address a political rant 15 to cover up his own incompetence 16.
- It is yet premature to predict the possible outcome of the dialogue.预言这次对话可能有什么结果为时尚早。
- The premature baby is doing well.那个早产的婴儿很健康。
- The police were forced to make a tactical withdrawal.警方被迫进行战术撤退。
- They insisted upon a withdrawal of the statement and a public apology.他们坚持要收回那些话并公开道歉。
- The accused has the right to defense.被告人有权获得辩护。
- The war has impacted the area with military and defense workers.战争使那个地区挤满了军队和防御工程人员。
- The party leader is facing opposition in his own backyard.该党领袖在自己的党內遇到了反对。
- The police tried to break down the prisoner's opposition.警察设法制住了那个囚犯的反抗。
- The Democrats held a pep rally on Capitol Hill yesterday. 民主党昨天在国会山召开了竞选誓师大会。
- The democrats organize a filibuster in the senate. 民主党党员组织了阻挠议事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤,肩膀脫臼了。
- We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。
- Emboldened by the wine,he went over to introduce himself to her.他借酒壮胆,走上前去向她作自我介绍。
- The Prime Minister was steadily emboldened by the discovery that he faced no opposition.发现自己并未遭到反对,首相渐渐有了信心。
- I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
- He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。
- He called on Mr. White to speak at the gathering.他请怀特先生在集会上讲话。
- He is on the wing gathering material for his novels.他正忙于为他的小说收集资料。
- He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭。
- The government tried to appease discontented workers.政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
- His hunger could only be appeased by his wife. 他的欲望只有他的妻子能满足。
- They are the more readily appeased. 他们比较容易和解。
- Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim. 在审讯过程中,他始终把自己说成是受害者。
- The author portrayed his father as a vicious drunkard. 作者把他父亲描绘成一个可恶的酒鬼。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- There was widespread condemnation of the invasion. 那次侵略遭到了人们普遍的谴责。
- The jury's condemnation was a shock to the suspect. 陪审团宣告有罪使嫌疑犯大为震惊。
- I hope you will not take any offense at my words. 对我讲的话请别见怪。
- His words gave great offense to everybody present.他的发言冲犯了在场的所有人。
- You can rant and rave at the fine,but you'll still have to pay it.你闹也好,骂也好,罚金还是得交。
- If we rant on the net,the world is our audience.如果我们在网络上大声嚷嚷,全世界都是我们的听众。
- He was dismissed for incompetence. 他因不称职而被解雇。
- She felt she had been made a scapegoat for her boss's incompetence. 她觉得,本是老板无能,但她却成了替罪羊。