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He remembers people saying, as he was sort of half-conscious, he remembers people saying, Steiner's been hit in the head. Steiner's dead.
他記得。在他處于半清醒狀態時聽到人們說：斯坦納被射中了頭部。斯坦納死了。
And he was thinking, I'm not dead.
他想：我沒死。
And he sat up.
于是坐了起來。
And Brendan realized after that he could not protect his men,and that was the only time he cried in Afghanistan,was realizing that.
之后布倫丹意識到自己沒能保護自己的手下在阿富汗那么久，他第一次哭了。因為他意識到沒能保護他的戰士。
That's brotherhood.
這就是兄弟情誼。
This wasn't invented recently.
這不是什么新詞。
Many of you have probably read The Iliad.
在座的應該都讀過《伊利亞特》。
Achilles surely would have risked his life or given his life to save his friend Patroclus.
阿喀琉斯寧可犧牲自己也要保護他的朋友普特羅克勒斯。
In World War II, there were many stories of soldiers who were wounded,were brought to a rear base hospital,
在二戰期間也有許多故事,關于受傷士兵的故事。他們被送去后方戰地醫院。
who went AWOL, crawled out of windows,slipped out doors, went AWOL,wounded,to make their way back to the front lines to rejoin their brothers out there.
可是他們會逃跑,爬墻穿門。即使身負重傷也要回到戰場。回到戰士們中間。
So you think about Brendan,you think about all these soldiers having an experience like that, a bond like that,
所以想到布倫丹,就能想到這些戰士。他們有著這樣的經歷，彼此之間建立起重要的紐帶。
in a small group, where they loved 20 other people in some ways more than they loved themselves.
在一個小群體中關心著其他20個人勝過關心自己。
You think about how good that would feel, imagine it, and they are blessed with that experience for a year, and then they come home,and they are just back in society.
可以想象一下這是一種怎樣的經歷。他們有幸能有這樣的經歷回到家中回到社會中。
like the rest of us are, not knowing who they can count on,not knowing who loves them,who they can love,not knowing exactly what anyone they know.
像我們普通人一樣不知道自己可以依賴誰。不知道誰關心自己，也不知道有誰值得自己關心不知道那些自己熟悉的人。
would do for them if it came down to it.
在自己倒下時會作何反應。
That is terrifying.
這是很恐怖的事情。
Compared to that,war, psychologically, in some ways, is easy,compared to that kind of alienation.
相比之下從心理上說，戰爭是很簡單的,沒有這種陌生感。
That's why they miss it, and that's what we have to understand and in some ways fix in our society.
這就是為什么老兵會戀戰。我們必須要理解這種陌生感并且嘗試找到辦法去回應這一問題。
Thank you very much.
謝謝大家。
Applause
掌聲。
