‘Iraq quagmire real threat to US’ '伊拉克的泥潭，真正威脅美國
The US is not capable of protecting itself from the threats to its security as far as it is entangled in Iraq, Democratic lawmakers say. 美國是沒有能力保護自己，從安全威脅而言，因為它是糾纏在伊拉克，民主黨議員說。
Democrats criticized the Bush administration’s war policy during the second day of testimony to Congress by Gen. David Petraeus, US commander in Iraq, and Ambassador Ryan Crocker on Wednesday.民主黨人批評布什政府的戰爭政策，在第二天的證詞向國會由將軍大衛彼得雷烏斯，美軍指揮官在伊拉克，和瑞安大使克羅克於週三。
Democratic senators, as well as some Republicans, also expressed frustration that an end to the Iraq deployment did not appear to be in sight.民主黨參議員，以及一些共和黨人也表示沮喪結束伊拉克部署似乎並沒有被在在望。
“We and the American people must ask: Why should we stay in Iraq in large numbers?” asked Rep. Ike Skelton, the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. “我們和美國人民要問：我們為什麼要留在伊拉克，在大量” ？問眾議員的IKE skelton ，內務委員會主席的武裝服務委員會。
Democrats also told Gen. Petraeus and Ryan Crocker that President George W. Bush has failed to focus on the bigger threat of al-Qaeda from the Afghan-Pakistan border.民主黨人還告訴將軍彼得雷烏斯和瑞安克羅克，布什總統並沒有著眼於更大的威脅，蓋達組織從阿富汗和巴基斯坦邊境。
Petraeus, however, said al Qaeda leaders “still view Iraq as the central front in their global strategy, (and) send funding, direction and foreign fighters to Iraq.”彼得雷烏斯，不過，說，蓋達組織領袖“的看法仍然是伊拉克作為中部戰線在其全球戰略， （和）發送的經費，方向和外國武裝分子向伊拉克” 。
He said relentless pressure must be maintained to keep al-Qaeda from regrouping in Iraq.他說，無情必須保持壓力，保持蓋達組織從集結在伊拉克。
Meanwhile, President George W. Bush met on Wednesday with members of Congress from both parties to discuss Iraq and was to make a speech on the situation there on Thursday morning.與此同時，美國總統布什會見了週三與國會議員們從當事雙方討論伊拉克問題，並作出講話，對那裡的局勢對週四上午。
The US has 160,000 troops in Iraq after boosting the force last year.美國16.0萬部隊在伊拉克之後，推動部隊去年。 The Pentagon has begun to pull about 20,000 of those extra combat troops out.五角大樓已開始撤出約2.0萬，這些額外的作戰部隊。 Once that pullout is finished in July, the US force in Iraq will stand at 140,000.一旦撤離，是完成今年7月，美軍在伊拉克將站在140000 。
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