By contrast, the US commitment to Afghanistan will increase, and troop levels will climb. Behind this prediction is a widely shared assessment that the trends in Afghanistan (unlike in Iraq) are negative, and that the US must strengthen its military presence there and revise its strategy if the Taliban are not to gain the upper hand.
与之相对，美国对阿富汗承担的义务将会增加，驻军水平将会上升。在这一预言的背后，是对阿富汗（和伊拉克不同）的趋势在向负面发展，以及如果不想让塔利班占上风，美国必须加强其在阿富汗的军事存在并修正其策略的广泛共识判断。