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1776年
美利坚合众国在北美诞生
自诩“山巅之城”
肩负把“民主”推广到全世界的“天赋使命”
In 1776, the United States was founded in
North America. It boasted of being the city
upon the hill and that its mission was to
promote “democracy” to the world.
但这个国家最爱的却是战争
到今天已建国245年
没有参与战争的时间不到20年
Yet what it loves most is war.
During its 245 years of existence,
fewer than 20 years have been without a war.
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通过血洗印第安部落
以及从南边邻居墨西哥抢领土
美国从建国之初的几块殖民地
扩展到横跨两洋的大国
By massacring the Indigenous
peoples and grabbing territory
from Mexico, it expanded to the
western coast of the continent;
04
又通过两次世界大战
两边卖物资发了战争财
美国成为世界超级大国
更是对世界指手画脚
By selling weapons and materials
to belligerents, it made a big
fortune in the two world wars.
It became a superpower and
has intervened around the world.
05
1950年朝鲜战争
导致300万平民死亡
无数个家庭南北分离
In the Korean War (1950-53),
3 million civilians died,
and many families were separated
by the North-South divide;
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1955年越南战争
导致当地340万军民死亡
战争结束40多年了
遗留弹药还杀死了四万多人
In the Vietnam War,
3.4 million lives were claimed,
with over 40,000 more taken by
the ammunition that was left behind;
07
1991年海湾战争
导致3000名左右平民死亡
美军还点燃多口油井
产生浓烟破坏环境
In the Gulf War, US troops
directly killed 3,000 civilians
and burned many oilfields.
08
1999年轰炸南联盟
2001年出兵阿富汗
2003年侵入伊拉克
2017年空袭叙利亚
It led the bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999,
launched a war in Afghanistan in 2001,
invaded Iraq in 2003,
and conducted air-strikes in Syria in 2017.
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这一切战火的背后
都有美国的身影
The US has been responsible
for all these, and more.
10
2019年
有人提名时任美国总统特朗普
获诺贝尔和平奖
因为他是30年来唯一一个
没有发动过战争的美国总统
In 2019, Donald Trump was nominated for
Nobel Peace Prize. The ironic reason —
he is the only US president
not to launch a war in 30 years.
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可以理解为
其他的美国总统
都是战争贩子
In other words,
the other US presidents
were all warmongers.
12
美国政客穷兵黩武
美国老百姓也跟着受苦
巨额战争花费
都要从美国老百姓身上收税
The US people pay for the
militarism of their politicians,
because the huge costs of war
are paid by them in taxes.
13
经历过战火的美军士兵
回国后也往往被诊断出精神疾病
2008年至2016年
每年自杀的退伍美军超过6000名
And many US soldiers suffer from
post-traumatic stress on returning home.
From 2008 to 2016, data show that 6,000
US veterans committed suicide each year.
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今年8月底
美军从阿富汗撤离
20年战火终于熄灭
希望美国政客吸取教训
别再因为一时任性
把世界拖入战争的大坑
The US troops left Afghanistan in August,
which brought the 20-year-long war
to an end. It is to be hoped that
the US politicians can stop their
vicious deeds and they do not drag
the world into any more wars.
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