موضوع درس: اوباما نیروهای مستقر در افغانستان را کاهش نمی دهد

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The President is making it clear that leaving Afghanistan is not an option, it's not on the table. According to one White House source, he told the meeting that he wouldn't shrink the number of troops in Afghanistan or opt for a strategy of merely targeting al-Qaeda leaders. But he wouldn't be drawn on the military request for more troops.

There appears to be a frustration that the review of strategy has sometimes been portrayed in black-and-white terms of a massive increase or reduction of troop numbers.

President Obama told the group made up of the most senior Republican and Democrat senators and congressmen that his assessment would be "rigorous and deliberate". But it's going on too long for some Republicans and members of the President's own party are dubious about committing more resources and military personnel to a conflict where there is no end in sight. The word 'Vietnam' is heard more and more on Capitol Hill.

The President was certainly right when he said his final decision wouldn't make everyone in the room, or the country, happy.

Mark Mardell, BBC News, Washington

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is not an option, it's not on the table
این گزینه ( افزایش نیروها) مطرح نیست

according to one White House source
به گفته یک منبع کاخ سفید

shrink
کاهش یافتن، کوچک تر شدن

opt for a strategy of merely targeting al Qaeda leaders
برنامه ای را اتخاذ کند که در آن تنها رهبران القاعده هدف قرار بگیرند

wouldn't be drawn
در اینجا: نمی توان وادارش کرد (که در باره نقشه هایش صحبت کند)

black-and-white terms
در اینجا: این ها مفاهیم ساده ای مانند سفید و سیاه نیستند که به راحتی قابل درک باشند

made up of
شامل..........

rigorous and deliberate
قاطع و سنجیده

dubious about committing more resources and military personnel
در باره تعهد به اختصاص پودجه بیشتر و سربازان اضافی، تردید دارد

no end in sight
نشانه ای از پایان آن در آینده نزدیک دیده نمی شود