Kerry： Bush Made Wrong Choices on Iraq

 

By Jim Malone

Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says President Bush has made a series of wrong choices on Iraq and he vowed² to take a new direction if elected in November.
Senator Kerry said President Bush made a catastrophic choice by invading Iraq and he outlined what he says are a series of Bush administration miscalculations, from doing a poor job of winning international support to not anticipating the post-war turmoil³.
Mr. Kerry also criticized the president for the cost of the war in Iraq, not only in American military casualties, but in the mounting financial cost as well.
"$200 billion for Iraq, but they tell us we can't afford health care for our veterans. $200 billion for Iraq, but they tell us we can't afford to keep the 100,000 new police we put on the streets during the 1990s. Well, we are here today to tell them, they are wrong and it is time to lead American in a new direction," he said.
Senator Kerry spoke⁴ at the same location in Cincinnati where President Bush made an important pre-war speech in 2002, justifying⁵ action against Iraq.
The Massachusetts Democrat¹ said if elected, he would make major changes in U.S. policy in Iraq including getting allies to share the cost of rebuilding the country and speeding up the training of the Iraqi police and military.
"We need to behave like we really are a nation at war and we need to get other people to behave that way with us," he added. "We need to get more people in greater numbers ready to take over the job of protecting their own country. That is what I will do as commander in chief because that is the right way to get the job done and bring our troops home!"
Iraq and the war on terrorism have dominated the U.S. election campaign this week. In addition to increasingly aggressive exchanges between Mr. Kerry and the president over Iraq, the two campaigns have also had bitter exchanges over the war on terrorism.
On Tuesday, Vice⁶ President Dick Cheney said the wrong vote in November could lead to more terrorist attacks in the United States, an apparent reference to Senator Kerry. Mr. Kerry's vice presidential running mate, Senator John Edwards, responded that, in his words, Mr. Cheney's "scare tactics crossed the line" and that protecting the country from terrorists is not a partisan⁷ issue.
Senator Kerry will continue to talk about Iraq and the economy on his swing through several key states in the election, including Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri.
Jim Malone with the Kerry Campaign
Cincinnati, Ohio
注释：
a series of 一系列
catastrophic 灾难性的
miscalculation 误算
anticipate 预见
turmoil 混乱
Cincinnati 辛辛那提
dominate 操纵
Minnesota 明尼苏达州
Iowa 爱荷华州
Missouri 密苏里州

1 democrat   

n.民主主义者，民主人士；民主党党员

参考例句：

• The Democrat and the Public criticized each other.民主党人和共和党人互相攻击。
• About two years later,he was defeated by Democrat Jimmy Carter.大约两年后，他被民主党人杰米卡特击败。

2 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

3 turmoil   

n.骚乱，混乱，动乱

参考例句：

• His mind was in such a turmoil that he couldn't get to sleep.内心的纷扰使他无法入睡。
• The robbery put the village in a turmoil.抢劫使全村陷入混乱。

4 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

5 justifying   

证明…有理( justify的现在分词 )； 为…辩护； 对…作出解释； 为…辩解（或辩护）

参考例句：

• He admitted it without justifying it. 他不加辩解地承认这个想法。
• The fellow-travellers'service usually consisted of justifying all the tergiversations of Soviet intenal and foreign policy. 同路人的服务通常包括对苏联国内外政策中一切互相矛盾之处进行辩护。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 partisan   

adj.党派性的；游击队的；n.游击队员；党徒

参考例句：

• In their anger they forget all the partisan quarrels.愤怒之中，他们忘掉一切党派之争。
• The numerous newly created partisan detachments began working slowly towards that region.许多新建的游击队都开始慢慢地向那里移动。