舆论纵贯线｜是什么让美国如此“好战”？

Once upon a time in America, there was this man named Smedley Butler. He was a major general who had served all the commissioned ranks in the U.S. marine Corps. When he retired, he said this: "I spent 33 years in active military service and most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and for the bankers. I was a racketeer; a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico safe for American oil interests... I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys... In China… I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. I suspected that I was just part of the racket all the time. Now I am sure of it."

美国历史上有一位叫斯梅德利·巴特勒的少将，他担任过美国海军陆战队中所有军衔的职务。他退休时表示，“我在现役部队服役33年，大部分时间是为大企业、华尔街和银行家们做高级保镖。我是一个敲诈者；一个资本主义的黑老大。我保证美国石油利益集团在墨西哥的安全。我帮助国家城市银行在海地和古巴安身。在中国......我帮助确保了标准石油公司不受干扰地发展。我怀疑我一直都是敲诈活动的参与者。现在我确定了这一点。”

Wow. As the U.S. has been actively painting China as a global threat, studies show that it's Washington who has been at war for 227 out of its 245-year history. That's more than 92% of the time. Many observers say with America's military-congressional-industrial complex, peace will never be given a chance. 

美国一直锲而不舍地将中国描绘成一个全球威胁。但研究表明，在其245年的历史中，美国有227年处于战争状态，超过92%。许多观察家说，美国的军事-国会-工业复合体，永远不会给和平机会。

This may sound paradoxical but the United States, born in the ashes of wars and battles, has been one of the most belligerent countries in the world. 

这听起来可能很矛盾，但生于战火的美国，一直是世界上最好战的国家之一。

After its independence on July 4, 1776, in over 240 years, the time for the U.S. not being at war is less than 20 years. 

1776年7月4日独立后，美国在240多年中，只有不到20年没有战争。

Just take the 20th century for example, Washington engaged in Spanish-American war, the two World Wars, the Korean war, the war against Central American states, the Vietnam war, the Gulf wars, etc. 

仅以20世纪为例，美国参与了美西战争、两次世界大战、朝鲜战争、对中美洲国家的战争、越南战争、海湾战争等，不一而足。

On September 11, 2001, the U.S. has come under attack for the first time on its home soil after the Cold War, as coordinated terrorist attacks brought down New York's Twin Towers, leaving a trail of destruction – nearly 3000 dead. 

2001年9月11日，美国在冷战后第一次受到本土攻击，恐怖分子精心策划的袭击，导致纽约双子大楼倒塌，近3000人死亡。

George W. Bush

43rd U.S. President

"On my orders, the United States military has begun strikes against Al-Qaeda terrorists training camps, and military insulation of Taliban regime in Afghanistan."

乔治·W·布什

第43任美国总统

“根据我的命令，美国军队已经开始对基地组织恐怖分子的训练营地进行打击，并对阿富汗的塔利班政权进行军事孤立。”

Another 20-year U.S. intervention and so called "War on Terror" in the Middle East kicked off, pulling dozens of countries and millions of civilians into the mire of conflict. 

美国在中东地区又一次长达20年的军事干预和所谓的 “反恐战争” 拉开序幕，将几十个国家和数百万平民拉入冲突的泥潭。

Martin Sieff

Senior Fellow the American University in Moscow

"First of all, the Bush administration was initially culpable, because there were many warnings that the attack was coming. The documentation is quite clear, they ignored the warnings, they are in the state of great incompetence of complacency. And thousands of innocent people died of this result."

马丁·西夫

莫斯科美国大学高级研究员

“首先，布什政府应被问责，有许多情报文件清楚地提出了袭击预警，但目中无人的布什政府无视这些警告，导致成千上万无辜百姓的死亡。”

From the Soviet Union to Syria, from the Middle East to the Asia-Pacific, the U.S. has been on a roll, with trillions of dollars spent and millions of lives upended. What's fueling U.S. military interventions? Who, indeed, is driving the U.S. war machine? 

从苏联到叙利亚，从中东到亚太，美国一路高歌猛进，耗资了数万亿美元，陷数百万人于水深火热之中。是什么在为美国的军事干预行动推波助澜？究竟是谁在拉动美国的战争机器？

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