布什：不得人心無所謂
Bush: I'm not trying to be popular
[ 2007-01-16 18:32 ]
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US President Bush | US President George W. Bush concedes he
is not popular, and that the war in Iraq is not either. Yes, progress is overdue and patience is all but
gone. Yet none of that changes his view that more US troops are needed to win
in Iraq.
"I'm not going to try to be popular and change principles to do so,"
Bush said in a television interview that was aired on Sunday night.
Bush and Vice-President Dick Cheney say they will not budge from sending more US troops to
Iraq no matter how much Congress opposes it.
"I fully understand they could try to stop me," Bush said of the
Democrat-run Congress. "But I've made my decision, and we're going
forward."
As the president talked tough, lawmakers pledged to explore ways to
stop him.
A defiant Cheney, meanwhile, said Democrats offered criticism without
credible alternatives. He pointedly reminded lawmakers that Bush is
commander in chief.
"You cannot run a war by committee," the vice-president said of
congressional input.
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美國總統(tǒng)布什承認自己不得人心，他所發(fā)動的伊拉克戰(zhàn)爭也是如此。戰(zhàn)爭沒什么進展，美國人的耐心已被磨盡了。但這些都無法動搖布什總統(tǒng)增加兵力以贏得對伊戰(zhàn)爭的決心。
布什總統(tǒng)在上周日晚播放的一個電視采訪中說：“我受不受歡迎無所謂，我不會為了‘受歡迎’而改變原則。”
布什總統(tǒng)和副總統(tǒng)迪克·切尼表示，無論議會怎樣反對，他們都將對伊拉克增兵。
布什總統(tǒng)說：“我完全理解民主黨試圖阻止我的做法，但我已經(jīng)做了決定，所以我們只有前進。”
對于布什總統(tǒng)的這種強硬態(tài)度，國會議員表示要采取各種辦法來阻止他。
而切尼副總統(tǒng)則公開說，民主黨只會批評人，卻又提不出建設(shè)性的意見。他還特別向國會議員強調(diào)，布什總統(tǒng)才是總指揮。
他說：“總不能靠國會來打這場戰(zhàn)爭。”
（英語點津姍姍編輯） |
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Vocabulary:
budge : to alter a position or
attitude（改變立場或態(tài)度） |
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