半数美国军队将在几周内撤离阿富汗 [美国媒体]

WASHINGTON — A day after a contested decision to pull American military forces from Syria, officials said Thursday that President Donald Trump has ordered the start of a reduction of American forces in Afghanistan.

华盛顿-周四，在做出从叙利亚撤军的争议性决定做出一天后，官员们表示，特朗普总统已下令开始减少美国在阿富汗的军队。

More than 7,000 American troops will begin to return home from Afghanistan in the coming weeks, a U.S. official said. The move will come as the first stage of a phased drawdown and the start of a conclusion to the 17-year war that officials say could take at least many months. There now are more than 14,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Trump announced Wednesday that he would pull all of the more than 2,000 American troops from Syria.

一名美国官员说，在未来几周内，7000多名美军将开始从阿富汗返回家园。此举将会分阶段进行，也是结束长达17年之久的战争的开始。官员们表示，撤军行动可能需要至少几个月的时间。目前在阿富汗的美军已超过一万四千人。特朗普周三宣布，他将从叙利亚撤出2000多名美国士兵。

Taken together, the Syria withdrawal and the likely Afghan drawdown represent a dramatic shift in the U.S. approach to military engagement in hot spots around the world, reflecting Mr. Trump’s aversion to long-running military entanglements with their high costs and American casualties.

从总体上看，美军在叙利亚撤军和在阿富汗的驻军规模缩减，标志着美国在世界热点地区的军事行动方式发生了戏剧性的转变，反映出特朗普不愿美国与长期的，高成本的，和高伤亡的军事冲突纠缠在一起。

chilltenor
How would this jibe with the other NATO allies who are staying there?
Also, wouldn't this reduce America's ability to support CIA destabilization efforts in nearby Xinjiang?

美国先跑路了，留在那里的其他北约盟国怎么办？
还有，美军的驻军规模不断减小，会不会影响CIA（中情局）破坏新疆稳定的努力。

GerryC
I think a lot of folks loose track that it is a NATO mission, not just a US war.
FYI. The List of KIA:

我想很多人都没有意识到，根据《华盛顿条约》第五款规定，参与阿富汗战争是北约的任务，而不仅仅是美国一个人的战争。
下面是北约联军中的士兵阵亡名单，仅供参考

USA: 2,313*
UK: 456
Canada: 157*
France: 88
Germany: 57
Italy: 53
Poland: 44[2]
Denmark: 43
Australia: 41
Spain: 35*
Georgia: 32
Romania: 26
Netherlands: 25
Turkey: 15
Czech Republic: 14
New Zealand: 10
Norway: 10
Estonia:
ungary: 7
Sweden: 5
Latvia: 4
Slovakia: 3
Finland: 2
Jordan: 2
Portugal: 2
South Korea: 2
Albania: 1
Belgium: 1
Lithuania: 1
Montenegro: 1

美国:2313 *
英国:456
加拿大:157 *
法国:88
德国:57
意大利:53
波兰:44[2]
丹麦:43
澳大利亚:41
西班牙:35 *
格鲁吉亚:32
罗马尼亚:26
荷兰:25
土耳其:15
捷克共和国:14
新西兰:10
挪威:10
爱沙尼亚:9
匈牙利:7
瑞典:5
拉脱维亚:4
斯洛伐克:3
芬兰:2
约旦:2
葡萄牙:2
韩国:2
阿尔巴尼亚:1
比利时:1
立陶宛:1
黑山:1



• We do not know the full extent of how many US service members returning from these wars became injured or ill while deployed.

•我们无法统计有多少从这些战争中归来的美国军人在服役期间受伤或生病。

• Many deaths and injuries among US contractors have not been reported as required by law, but it is likely that at least 7,800 have been killed.

•美国承包商中有许多伤亡没有按法律要求报告，但至少有7800人遇难。

• 21 million Afghan, Iraqi, Pakistani, and Syrian people are living as war refugees and internally displaced persons, in grossly inadequate conditions.

2100万阿富汗、伊拉克、巴基斯坦和叙利亚人民以战争难民和流民的身份，生活在生产资源严重缺乏的条件下。

• The US government is conducting counterterror activities in 76 countries, vastly expanding the counterror war across the globe.

•美国政府在76个国家开展反恐活动，在全球范围内大规模扩大反恐战争。

• The wars have been accompanied by erosions in civil liberties and human rights at home and abroad.

•战争伴随着国内外公民自由和人权的侵蚀。

• The human and economic costs of these wars will continue for decades with some costs, such as the financial costs of US veterans’ care, not peaking until mid-century.

•美国发动的这些战争，消耗的人力和经济成本将持续数十年，其中有一些隐性成本，如美国退伍军人护理的财务成本，直到本世纪中叶才见顶。



souprize
Europe is not at all innocent in this, though certainly less jingoistic than the US.

欧洲那一票国家也不是啥好人，他们只是没有美国那么激进。

MilfMan2000
Let's be honest
The only reason we are in the middle east now is so defense contractors can make bank

老实说
我们现在在中东的唯一原因是为了让国防承包商赚大钱

GeneticsGuy
Yup. I have a friend who has been deployed 9 times now as an Army Ranger
And he goes, "All the contractors are making billions off the war. No one is going to
dare stop that gravy train. That's why we'll never leave now."

是的。我有个朋友，当了9次陆军游骑兵。
他说：“所有的承包商都从战争中赚了数十亿美元。没人敢阻止承包商赚钱火车的前进。这就是我们永远不会离开中东的原因。

CT_DIY
I was a senior in high school when the twin towers fell. Many friends went to war in Afghanistan/Iraq at the start. The fact that we are still even there at all after 16 years is insane, we are all in our mid 30s now.

当（9/11）双子塔倒塌的时候，我还是个高中生。当时许多朋友都参军去阿富汗/伊拉克打仗。16年过去了，我们现在都30多岁了，但美国仍然在阿富汗/伊拉克打仗，这个事实听起来是真的疯狂。

nited_states
Many people your age now have children who are getting close to the age to enlist. My god. What a travesty. Children will be fighting their parents' wars.
At least defense contractors got stupidly rich, right?

很多和你年龄相仿的人都有接近参军年龄的孩子。我的天。中东战争就是一场彻头彻尾的骗局。我们的孩子们将与他们的父母一同踏上战场。
在这种局面下，至少国防承包商是大发横财了，对吧?

MrOwnageQc
I know one, and believe me, you're making a joke but you wouldn't even believe me if I told you the amount of money this man has.

我认识一个国防承包商，相信我，但如果我告诉你这个人有多少钱，你肯定不会相信我，以为我在开玩笑。
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