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President Bush's luck did not work so well in Somalia.
布什總統(tǒng)在索馬里的運(yùn)氣可沒有這么好。
In 1992, President Bush sent US troops to Somalia primarily to make sure the starving people got food.
1992年，布什總統(tǒng)派遣美國(guó)軍隊(duì)前往索馬里，最初只是為了確保當(dāng)?shù)仞囸I的人民得到食物。
But when Bill Clinton became president in 1993, this humanitarian mission had exploded into a nasty little proxy war.
但當(dāng)比爾·克林頓1993年成為總統(tǒng)時(shí)，這一人道主義任務(wù)變成了骯臟的代理人戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)。
During an October 3rd 1993 raid on the Somali capital of Mogadishu, two US Black Hawk helicopters were shot down and three damaged.
1993年10月3日，在對(duì)索馬里首都摩加迪休的空襲中，兩架美國(guó)黑鷹直升機(jī)被擊落，三架受損。
The raiding party was rescued the next day, but the Somali warlords obviously won.
突擊小組第二天得以獲救，但顯然索馬里軍閥獲勝了。
They had received help, as it was later discovered, from a group led by a certain Osama bin Laden,
他們獲得了援助，我們后來得知是從奧薩馬·本·拉登領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下的小隊(duì)獲得的，
last seen recruiting Mujahideen to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.
人們最后一次見到本·拉登是在阿富汗召集圣戰(zhàn)士來反對(duì)蘇聯(lián)。
Not wanting another Vietnam, President Clinton withdrew US forces.
由于不想重蹈越南的覆轍，克林頓總統(tǒng)撤出了美軍。
This was a prudent decision, but unfortunately, it encouraged bin Laden to keep attacking US interests.
這是個(gè)很謹(jǐn)慎的決定，但不幸的是，它助長(zhǎng)了本·拉登的氣焰使其繼續(xù)侵犯美國(guó)利益。
A pariah throughout the West, and in most Arab nations too,
在被西方，和大多數(shù)阿拉伯國(guó)家遺棄后，
bin Laden wound up setting up his shop in Afghanistan, with the fundamentalist Taliban regime, which had kicked out the Soviets.
本·拉登最后將自己的大本營(yíng)設(shè)置在阿富汗，統(tǒng)治阿富汗的原教旨主義的塔利班政權(quán)，將蘇聯(lián)人驅(qū)逐出去。
