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Less than 24 hours after Biden's tone deaf and hectoring speech about the Afghan withdrawal, his top military leaders decided to further squander what's left of their credibility.
在拜登发表了关于阿富汗撤军的不知所云又虚张声势的讲话后不到24小时，他的最高军事领导人决定进一步挥霍他们仅剩的信誉。
Today, they came off like junior members of the White House comms team, saying anything to prop up the commander-in-chief who didn't fire them.
今天，他们表现得就像白宫通讯团队的初级成员一样，说着任何可以用来支持没有解雇他们的总司令的话。
Well, they bombed. But not in the way we want the military to bomb.
他们惨败。但不是我们希望的那种军队轰炸的方式。
We have 13 American troops dead, hundreds of our fellow citizens stuck in enemy territory, and an emboldened Taliban and other terrorists.
我们有13名美国士兵阵亡，数百名同胞被困在敌方领土，塔利班和其他恐怖分子变得更加大胆妄为。
Any rational person knows this was a humiliating failure.
任何理智的人都知道这是一次耻辱性的失败。
And the honorable thing, the honorable thing to have done was to admit you didn't measure up and tender your resignation.
而光荣的事，现在能做的光荣的事就是承认自己不合格并递交辞呈。
But instead, like clockwork, Secretary Lloyd Austin and Chairman Mark Milley were desperately trying to hang on to their jobs by mouthing whatever would please Biden's political team.
但与此相反，国务卿劳埃德·奥斯汀和主席马克·米莱拼命地想保住自己的职位，他们极其周密地说着任何能让拜登政治团队满意的话。
We have just concluded the largest air evacuation of civilians in American history.
我们刚刚结束了美国历史上规模最大的平民空中撤离行动。
It was heroic. It was historic.
这是英勇的。这是历史性的。
And I hope that all Americans will unite to thank our service members for their courage and their compassion.
我希望所有美国人一起感谢我们的军人，感谢他们的勇气和同情心。
Their talent, their efforts have carried this fight, day and night.
他们用才华和努力夜以继日地支撑着这场战斗。
I am certain of for any soldier, sailor, airman and marine and their family, your service mattered.
我敢肯定，所有士兵、海员、空军和海军成员以及他们的家属，你们的服役都非常重要。
And it was not in vain.
并且这不是徒劳。
Well, instead of giving us a detailed military analysis of what occurred, they regurgitated the same pablum that the White House comms team has been giving us for days.
好吧，他们没有给我们一份关于所发生之事的详细的军事分析，而是重复了白宫通讯团队几天来一直跟我们说的那些废话。
As if anyone, anyone ever doubted the heroism of our troops, far from it.
好像有人怀疑过我们军队的英雄主义似的，远非如此。
So how odious to use the bravery of America's servicemen as a shield against blame and accountability for themselves.
因此，用美国军人的勇敢作挡箭牌来逃避指责和责任是多么令人厌恶。
For them, it's never the right time to level with the American people.
对他们来说，从来没有合适的时机向美国人民说实话。
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