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1·Child soldiers are usually depicted as victims. That's accurate: Exploited, torn from their families, deprived of their education, and forced into battle, child soldiers are truly casualties of war.

娃娃兵们通常被视作受害者，这是正确的：受剥削、家庭破裂、缺少教育并被迫参加战斗，儿童是真正的战争受害者。

2·The attack illustrated two problems with the drone war in the tribal regions: the risk of civilian casualties, and Pakistan’s ambiguous attitude towards America’s use of drones.

无人机在部族地区的袭击阐明了两个问题：平民有伤亡的危险，以及巴基斯坦人对美国使用无人机模棱两可的态度。

3·As the war dragged on and Irish casualties mounted, however, their sympathy for the Union cause began to flag, and by the end of the war many had abandoned the Northern cause altogether.

然而，随着战事的绵延和爱尔兰人伤亡的增加，他们对联邦事业的同情心开始衰退，战争末期，许多人完全脱离了北军。

4·Officially, the longest war in history was between theNetherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which lasted from 1651 to 1986.There were no casualties。

据官方记载，历史上最长的战争是荷兰与锡利群岛之间的战争，从1651年持续到1986年，但没有一例人员伤亡。

5·The shifting tactics of the Americans can be seen as well in the reports, as the war strategy veered from freely using force to trying to minimize civilian casualties.

从报告中可以看出，美国人不断变化的战术和战争策略已从原先允许随意使用武力转变为试图将平民伤亡降至最小。

6·In Europe and Africa during World War II, the proportion of mental traumas among all casualties was close to one in four — one mental health case for every three blood wounds.

二战时，在欧洲和非洲战场的伤病员中，士兵遭受精神创伤的比率接近每四人中就有一例病例，一人精神受创，另外三人身受重伤。

7·Neither common sense nor the laws of war require Israel to deviate from the usual rule, which is to kill as many enemies as you can and avoid casualties on your own side.

无论战争法还是常识都不希望以色列方面背离通用规则：在避免己方死伤的情况下尽可能多的杀伤敌人。

8·I suspect in the wake of QE we'll be seeing more capital controls, it will spook markets a bit and give editors more fodder for “currency wars” headlines, but it will be a war with few casualties.

我怀疑，在“量化宽松”政策逐步推广的过程中会有越来越多的资本控制，它会略微地惊动市场，并且给编辑们的“货币战争”标题多提供些素材，但是这终将会成为一场不流血的战争。

9·Officially, the longest war in history was between the Netherlands and the Isles of Scilly, which lasted from 1651 to 1986. There were no casualties.

官方记载，历史上最长的战争是荷兰与锡利群岛之间的战争，从1651年持续到1986年，但没有一例人员伤亡。

10·The bottom line is that in tomorrow's theater of war, close combat is no more likely to result in mass U. S. casualties than any other form of engagement.

最后的结论是，在明天的战争舞台上，近距离作战不再会比其它的交战形式更能够导致美军官兵的大量伤亡。