Counter-ISIL Meeting Briefing

I just met with my National Security Council as part of our regular effort to review and intensify our campaign to destroy the terrorist group ISIL. Our meeting was planned before the terrible attack in Orlando. But obviously that tragedy -- the awful loss of life -- shaped much of our work today. 我刚刚与国家安全委员会举行了会议,这是我们审查并加强打击伊斯兰国恐怖组织行动的常规工作的一部分。这次会议是在奥兰多可怕袭击发生之前就计划好的。但显然,那场悲剧——惨重的生命损失——影响了我们今天大部分的工作内容。

In all of our efforts, foremost in our minds is the loss and the grief of the people of Orlando -- those who died, those who are still recovering, the families who have seen their loved ones harmed, the friends of ours who are lesbian and gay and bisexual and transgender who were targeted. I want to remind them that they are not alone. The American people, and our allies and friends all over the world, stand with you and are thinking about you, and are praying for you. 在我们所有的努力中,我们最关心的是奥兰多人民遭受的损失和悲痛——那些逝去的人、那些仍在康复中的人、那些目睹亲人受到伤害的家庭,以及我们那些成为袭击目标的男女同性恋、双性恋和跨性别者朋友们。我想提醒他们,他们并不孤单。美国人民,以及我们在世界各地的盟友和朋友们,都与你们同在,都在思念你们,都在为你们祈祷。

As Director Comey has said, we currently do not have any information to indicate that a foreign terrorist group directed the attack in Orlando. It is increasingly clear, however, that the killer took in extremist information and propaganda over the Internet. He appears to have been an angry, disturbed, unstable young man who became radicalized. 正如科米局长所说,我们目前没有任何信息表明有外国恐怖组织指挥了奥兰多袭击。然而,越来越清楚的是,凶手通过互联网接触了极端主义信息和宣传。他似乎是一个愤怒、不安、不稳定的年轻人,后来被极端化了。

As we know all too well, terrorist groups like ISIL have called on people around the world and here in the United States to attack innocent civilians. Their propaganda, their videos, their postings are pervasive and more easily accessible than we want. This individual appears to have absorbed some of that. And during his killing spree, the shooter in Orlando pledged allegiance to ISIL. 我们非常清楚,像伊斯兰国这样的恐怖组织呼吁世界各地以及美国国内的人们袭击无辜平民。他们的宣传、视频和帖子无处不在,比我们希望的更容易获取。这名凶手似乎吸收了其中一些内容。在他的疯狂杀戮过程中,奥兰多枪手宣誓效忠伊斯兰国。

As I've said before, these lone actors or small cells of terrorists are very hard to detect and very hard to prevent. But across our government, at every level -- federal, state and local, military and civilian -- we are doing everything in our power to stop these kinds of attacks. We work to succeed a hundred percent of the time. An attacker, as we saw in Orlando, only has to succeed once. 正如我之前所说,这些独狼式袭击者或小型恐怖组织非常难以发现,也非常难以防范。但在我们整个政府的各个层面——联邦、州和地方,军方和文职部门——我们正在尽一切努力阻止这类袭击。我们力求百分之百地成功。而正如我们在奥兰多看到的那样,袭击者只要成功一次就够了。

Our extraordinary personnel -- our intelligence, our military, our homeland security, our law enforcement -- have prevented many attacks and saved many lives. And we can never thank them enough. But we are all sobered by the fact that, despite the extraordinary hard work, something like Orlando can occur. 我们杰出的工作人员——我们的情报人员、军人、国土安全人员、执法人员——已经阻止了许多袭击,挽救了许多生命。我们对他们的感激之情永远无法言尽。但我们都清醒地认识到,尽管付出了非凡的努力,像奥兰多这样的事件仍然可能发生。

In our meeting today, Director Comey updated us on the investigation in Orlando. Secretary Johnson reviewed the measures we continue to take on behalf of our homeland security. Secretary Carter and Chairman Dunford reviewed the military campaign against ISIL. And I want to thank Secretary Lew and his team here at Treasury for hosting us and for their tireless efforts to cut off the money that ISIL relies on to fund its terror network. 在今天的会议上,科米局长向我们通报了奥兰多调查的最新情况。约翰逊部长回顾了我们为国土安全继续采取的措施。卡特部长和邓福德主席回顾了针对伊斯兰国的军事行动。我要感谢卢部长及其在财政部的团队主持了这次会议,并感谢他们为切断伊斯兰国赖以资助其恐怖网络的资金所做的不懈努力。

At the outset, I want to reiterate our objective in this fight. Our mission is to destroy ISIL. Since I last updated the American people on our campaign two months ago, we've seen that this continues to be a difficult fight -- but we are making significant progress. 首先,我想重申我们在这场斗争中的目标。我们的使命是摧毁伊斯兰国。自从我两个月前上次向美国人民通报我们的行动进展以来,我们看到这仍然是一场艰苦的战斗——但我们正在取得重大进展。

Over the past two months, I've authorized a series of steps to ratchet up our fight against ISIL: additional U.S. personnel, including Special Forces, in Syria to assist local forces battling ISIL there; additional advisors to work more closely with Iraqi security forces, and additional assets, including attack helicopters; and additional support for local forces in northern Iraq. 在过去两个月里,我授权采取了一系列措施来加强我们对伊斯兰国的打击:增派包括特种部队在内的美国人员前往叙利亚,协助当地部队与伊斯兰国作战;增派顾问与伊拉克安全部队更密切地合作,并增派包括攻击直升机在内的装备;以及为伊拉克北部的当地部队提供更多支持。

Our aircraft continue to launch from the USS Harry Truman, now in the Mediterranean. Our B-52 bombers are hitting ISIL with precision strikes. Targets are being identified and hit even more quickly -- so far, 13,000 airstrikes. This campaign at this stage is firing on all cylinders. 我们的飞机继续从目前部署在地中海的"哈里·杜鲁门"号航空母舰上起飞。我们的B-52轰炸机正在对伊斯兰国实施精确打击。目标的识别和打击速度越来越快——迄今为止已进行了13000次空袭。现阶段的这场行动正开足马力全速推进。

And as a result, ISIL is under more pressure than ever before. ISIL continues to lose key leaders. This includes Salman Abd Shahib, a senior military leader in Mosul; Abu Sa'ad al-Sudani, who plotted external attacks; Shakir Wahayb, ISIL's military leader in Iraq's Anbar province; and Maher al-Bilawi, the top ISIL commander in Fallujah. So far, we've taken out more than 120 top ISIL leaders and commanders. And our message is clear: If you target America and our allies, you will not be safe. You will never be safe. 因此,伊斯兰国承受着前所未有的压力。伊斯兰国继续失去重要领导人。其中包括摩苏尔的高级军事领导人萨尔曼·阿卜德·沙希布、策划外部袭击的阿布·萨阿德·苏丹尼、伊斯兰国在伊拉克安巴尔省的军事负责人沙基尔·瓦哈伊卜,以及伊斯兰国在费卢杰的最高指挥官马希尔·比拉维。到目前为止,我们已经消灭了120多名伊斯兰国高级领导人和指挥官。我们的信息很明确:如果你以美国及其盟友为目标,你将无处可逃。你永远不会安全。

ISIL continues to lose ground in Iraq. In the past two months, local forces in Iraq, with coalition support, have liberated the western town of Rutbah and have also pushed up the Euphrates River Valley, liberating the strategic town of Hit and breaking the ISIL siege of Haditha. Iraqi forces have surrounded Fallujah and begun to move into the city. 伊斯兰国在伊拉克继续失地。在过去两个月里,伊拉克当地部队在联军支持下,解放了西部城镇鲁特巴,并沿幼发拉底河谷推进,解放了战略重镇希特,打破了伊斯兰国对哈迪塞的围困。伊拉克部队已经包围了费卢杰,并开始进入该市。

Meanwhile, in the north, Iraqi forces continue to push up the Tigris River Valley, making gains around Makhmour, and now preparing to tighten the noose around ISIL in Mosul. All told, ISIL has now lost nearly half of the populated territory that it once controlled in Iraq -- and it will lose more. 与此同时,在北部,伊拉克部队继续沿底格里斯河谷推进,在马克穆尔附近取得进展,目前正准备收紧对摩苏尔伊斯兰国势力的包围圈。总的来说,伊斯兰国现在已经失去了它曾经在伊拉克控制的近一半人口聚居区——而且它还将失去更多。

ISIL continues to lose ground in Syria as well. Assisted by our Special Operations Forces, a coalition of local forces is now pressuring the key town of Manbij, which means the noose is tightening around ISIL in Raqqa as well. In short, our coalition continues to be on offense. ISIL is on defense. And it's now been a full year since ISIL has been able to mount a major successful offensive operation in either Syria or Iraq. 伊斯兰国在叙利亚也继续失地。在我们的特种作战部队协助下,一支由当地部队组成的联盟正在对重要城镇曼比季施压,这意味着伊斯兰国在拉卡的日子也越来越不好过了。简而言之,我们的联军继续处于进攻态势。伊斯兰国处于守势。自从伊斯兰国能够在叙利亚或伊拉克发动一次重大的成功攻势以来,已经整整一年了。

As ISIL continues to lose territory, it also continues to lose the money that is its lifeblood. As a result of our strikes against its oil infrastructure and supply lines, we believe that we've cut ISIL's revenue from oil by millions of dollars per month. In destroying the storage sites where they keep their cash, we've deprived ISIL of many millions more. 随着伊斯兰国不断失去领土,它也在不断失去作为其生命线的资金。由于我们对其石油基础设施和供应线的打击,我们认为已经使伊斯兰国的石油收入每月减少了数百万美元。通过摧毁他们储存现金的地点,我们又剥夺了伊斯兰国数千万美元的财产。

Thanks to the great work of Secretary Lew and many others here today -- and working with nations and financial institutions around the world -- ISIL is now effectively cut off from the international financial system. Cutting off ISIL's money may not be as dramatic as military strikes, but it is critically important. And we're seeing the results. 多亏了卢部长和今天在座的许多其他人的出色工作——以及与世界各国和金融机构的合作——伊斯兰国现在实际上已被排除在国际金融体系之外。切断伊斯兰国的资金可能不像军事打击那样引人注目,但却至关重要。我们正在看到成效。

ISIL's cash reserves are down. It has had to cut salaries for its fighters. It's resorting to more extortion of those trapped in its grip. And by ISIL's own admission, some of its own leaders have been caught stealing cash and gold. Once again, ISIL's true nature has been revealed: These are not religious warriors, they are thugs and they are thieves. 伊斯兰国的现金储备正在减少。它不得不削减战斗人员的薪水。它正更多地对那些受其控制的人进行敲诈勒索。而据伊斯兰国自己承认,其一些领导人因偷窃现金和黄金被抓。伊斯兰国的真实本性再一次暴露无遗:他们不是宗教战士,他们是暴徒,是窃贼。

In continuing to push on this front, I want to mention that it is critical for our friends in the Senate to confirm Adam Szubin, my nominee for Under Secretary of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. Adam has served in Democratic and Republican administrations. Everyone agrees he's eminently qualified. He has been working on these kinds of issues for years. It's now been more than a year since I nominated him -- more than 420 days -- and he still has not been given a full vote. There is no good reason for it. It is inexcusable. 在继续推进这方面工作的同时,我想提一下,我们在参议院的朋友们必须确认亚当·舒宾的任命——他是我提名的恐怖主义与金融情报事务副部长。舒宾曾在民主党和共和党政府中任职。所有人都认为他非常称职。他多年来一直在处理这类问题。自从我提名他以来,已经过去一年多了——超过420天——但他仍然没有获得全院投票。这毫无道理。这是不可原谅的。

So it's time for the Senate to do its job, put our national security first, and have a vote on Adam Szubin that can lead our financial fight against ISIL and help keep our country safe. 因此,参议院是时候履行其职责了,把我们的国家安全放在首位,对亚当·舒宾进行投票,让他能够领导我们对伊斯兰国的金融斗争,帮助保护我们国家的安全。

ISIL's ranks are shrinking as well. Their morale is sinking. As one defector said, ISIL "is not bringing Islam to the world, and people need to know that." Thanks to international efforts, the flow of foreign fighters -- including from America to Syria and Iraq -- has plummeted. In fact, our intelligence community now assesses that the ranks of ISIL fighters has been reduced to the lowest levels in more than two and half years. 伊斯兰国的队伍也在缩小。他们的士气在下降。正如一名叛逃者所说,伊斯兰国"没有把伊斯兰带给世界,人们需要知道这一点"。由于国际社会的努力,外国战斗人员——包括从美国前往叙利亚和伊拉克的人员——的流动已大幅减少。事实上,我们的情报界现在评估,伊斯兰国战斗人员的数量已降至两年半以来的最低水平。

Even as we continue to destroy ISIL militarily, we're addressing the larger forces that have allowed these terrorists to gain traction in parts of the world. With regard to Iraq, this means helping Iraqis stabilize liberated communities and promote inclusive governance so ISIL cannot return. 即使我们继续在军事上摧毁伊斯兰国,我们也在解决使这些恐怖分子得以在世界部分地区站稳脚跟的更深层因素。就伊拉克而言,这意味着帮助伊拉克人稳定已解放的社区,促进包容性治理,使伊斯兰国无法卷土重来。

With regard to Syria, it means our continued support for the fragile cessation of hostilities there. The cessation of hostilities has not stopped all or even most of the hardship on the Syrian people, the hardship on civilians. And the Assad regime has been the principal culprit in violating the cessation of hostilities. ISIL and al Nusra, which is al Qaeda's affiliate in Syria, also continue to terrorize Syrians. 就叙利亚而言,这意味着我们继续支持那里脆弱的停火。停火并没有停止叙利亚人民遭受的全部甚至大部分苦难,平民的苦难。而阿萨德政权一直是违反停火的主要肇事者。伊斯兰国和基地组织在叙利亚的分支努斯拉阵线也继续恐吓叙利亚人民。

But as fragile and incomplete as the cessation is, it has saved lives and it has allowed the delivery of some lifesaving aid to Syrians who are in desperate need. And as difficult as it is, we will continue to push for a political process that can end the civil war and result in a transition away from Assad. 但是,尽管停火脆弱且不完整,它确实挽救了生命,并使一些救命援助能够送到急需帮助的叙利亚人手中。尽管困难重重,我们将继续推动政治进程,以结束内战,并实现阿萨德下台的过渡。

Beyond Syria and Iraq, ISIL is also losing ground in Libya. Forces of the Libyan unity government are going after ISIL in their stronghold in Sirte. And we'll continue to assist the new Libyan government as it works to secure its country. 除了叙利亚和伊拉克,伊斯兰国在利比亚也在失地。利比亚民族团结政府的部队正在苏尔特的据点追击伊斯兰国。我们将继续协助新的利比亚政府努力保卫其国家。

Lastly, here at home, if we really want to help law enforcement protect Americans from homegrown extremists, the kind of tragedies that occurred at San Bernardino and that now have occurred in Orlando, there is a meaningful way to do that. We have to make it harder for people who want to kill Americans to get their hands on weapons of war that let them kill dozens of innocents. 最后,在国内,如果我们真想帮助执法部门保护美国人免受本土极端分子的侵害——比如发生在圣贝纳迪诺以及现在发生在奥兰多的那种悲剧——有一个有意义的办法。我们必须让那些想杀害美国人的人更难获得战争武器,因为这些武器能让他们杀死数十名无辜者。

It is absolutely true we cannot prevent every tragedy. But we know that, consistent with the Second Amendment, there are common-sense steps that could reduce gun violence and could reduce the lethality of somebody who intends to do other people harm. We should give ATF the resources they need to enforce the gun laws that we already have. People with possible ties to terrorism who aren't allowed on a plane shouldn't be allowed to buy a gun. 我们确实无法阻止每一场悲剧。但我们知道,在符合第二修正案的前提下,有一些常识性的措施可以减少枪支暴力,降低那些想伤害他人的人的杀伤力。我们应该给烟酒火器与爆炸物管理局提供所需的资源,以执行我们已有的枪支法律。那些可能与恐怖主义有关联、不允许登上飞机的人,不应该被允许购买枪支。

Enough talking about being tough on terrorism. Actually be tough on terrorism, and stop making it as easy as possible for terrorists to buy assault weapons. Reinstate the assault weapons ban. Make it harder for terrorists to use these weapons to kill us. Otherwise, despite extraordinary efforts across our government by local law enforcement, by our intelligence agencies, by our military, despite all the sacrifices that folks make, these kinds of events are going to keep on happening. And the weapons are only going to get more powerful. 光说要在反恐问题上强硬是不够的。要真正在反恐上强硬,就别再让恐怖分子能轻易买到攻击性武器。恢复攻击性武器禁令。让恐怖分子更难用这些武器来杀害我们。否则,尽管我们的政府各部门——地方执法部门、情报机构、军队——付出了非凡的努力,尽管人们做出了种种牺牲,这类事件还是会不断发生。而且武器只会越来越强大。

And let me make a final point. For a while now, the main contribution of some of my friends on the other side of the aisle have made in the fight against ISIL is to criticize this administration and me for not using the phrase "radical Islam." That's the key, they tell us -- we can't beat ISIL unless we call them "radical Islamists." What exactly would using this label accomplish? What exactly would it change? 让我再讲最后一点。一段时间以来,我在过道另一边的一些朋友们在打击伊斯兰国的斗争中做出的主要贡献,就是批评本届政府和我没有使用"激进伊斯兰"这个说法。他们告诉我们,这才是关键——除非我们称他们为"激进伊斯兰主义者",否则我们打不赢伊斯兰国。

Would it make ISIL less committed to trying to kill Americans? Would it bring in more allies? Is there a military strategy that is served by this? The answer is none of the above. Calling a threat by a different name does not make it go away. This is a political distraction. 使用这个标签到底能起到什么作用?到底能改变什么?它会让伊斯兰国不那么致力于杀害美国人吗?它会带来更多盟友吗?有什么军事战略是靠这个标签来服务的?答案是否定的以上都不是。给威胁换个名字并不能让它消失。这是政治干扰。

Since before I was President, I've been clear about how extremist groups have perverted Islam to justify terrorism. As President, I have repeatedly called on our Muslim friends and allies at home and around the world to work with us to reject this twisted interpretation of one of the world's great religions. 早在我就任总统之前,我就明确表示过,极端组织是如何歪曲伊斯兰教来为恐怖主义辩护的。作为总统,我多次呼吁我们在国内外的穆斯林朋友和盟友与我们合作,拒绝这种对世界伟大宗教之一的扭曲解读。

There has not been a moment in my seven and a half years as President where we have not been able to pursue a strategy because we didn't use the label "radical Islam." Not once has an advisor of mine said, man, if we really use that phrase, we're going to turn this whole thing around. Not once. So if someone seriously thinks that we don't know who we're fighting, if there's anyone out there who thinks we're confused about who our enemies are, that would come as a surprise to the thousands of terrorists who we've taken off the battlefield. 在我七年半的总统任期内,从来没有一刻因为我们没有使用"激进伊斯兰"这个标签而无法推行某项战略。我的顾问从来没有一个人说过,伙计,如果我们真用了那个说法,我们就能扭转整个局面。从来没有。所以,如果有人真的认为我们不知道在与谁作战,如果有人认为我们对敌人是谁感到困惑,那对我们已经消灭的数千名恐怖分子来说,可真是个"惊喜"了。

If the implication is that those of us up here and the thousands of people around the country and around the world who are working to defeat ISIL aren't taking the fight seriously, that would come as a surprise to those who have spent these last seven and a half years dismantling al Qaeda in the FATA, for example -- including the men and women in uniform who put their lives at risk and the Special Forces that I ordered to get bin Laden and are now on the ground in Iraq and in Syria. They know full well who the enemy is. 如果言下之意是说,我们在座的各位以及全国各地和世界各地成千上万为击败伊斯兰国而努力的人没有认真对待这场斗争,那么对那些过去七年半来一直在联邦直辖部落地区清剿基地组织的人来说——包括那些冒着生命危险的军人,以及我下令击毙本·拉登、现在正部署在伊拉克和叙利亚地面上的特种部队——这可真是个"惊喜"。他们非常清楚敌人是谁。

So do the intelligence and law enforcement officers who spend countless hours disrupting plots and protecting all Americans, including politicians who tweet and appear on cable news shows. They know who the nature of the enemy is. 那些花费无数时间挫败阴谋、保护所有美国人的情报和执法官员也很清楚,包括那些在推特上发言和上有线电视新闻节目的政客们也受到了他们的保护。他们知道敌人的本性是什么。

So there's no magic to the phrase "radical Islam." It's a political talking point; it's not a strategy. And the reason I am careful about how I describe this threat has nothing to do with political correctness and everything to do with actually defeating extremism. Groups like ISIL and al Qaeda want to make this war a war between Islam and America, or between Islam and the West. 所以"激进伊斯兰"这个说法并没有什么魔力。它是一个政治话术点,而不是一种战略。我之所以谨慎描述这一威胁,与政治正确毫无关系,完全是为了真正击败极端主义。像伊斯兰国和基地组织这样的团体想把这场战争变成伊斯兰教与美国之间的战争,或者伊斯兰教与西方之间的战争。

They want to claim that they are the true leaders of over a billion Muslims around the world who reject their crazy notions. They want us to validate them by implying that they speak for those billion-plus people; that they speak for Islam. That's their propaganda. That's how they recruit. 他们想声称自己是全世界十多亿拒绝其疯狂主张的穆斯林的真正领袖。他们想让我们暗示他们代表那十多亿人、代表伊斯兰教发言,从而为他们正名。这就是他们的宣传。这就是他们招募人员的方式。

And if we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion -- then we're doing the terrorists' work for them. 如果我们落入陷阱,用宽泛的笔触描绘所有穆斯林,并暗示我们在与整个宗教作战——那我们就是在替恐怖分子做事。

Now, up until this point, this argument about labels has mostly just been partisan rhetoric. And, sadly, we've all become accustomed to that kind of partisanship, even when it involves the fight against these extremist groups. And that kind of yapping has not prevented folks across government from doing their jobs, from sacrificing and working really hard to protect the American people. 到目前为止,这种关于标签的争论大多只是党派言论。而且,可悲的是,我们都已经习惯了这种党派之争,即使它涉及到打击这些极端组织的斗争。但那种喋喋不休并没有阻止政府各部门的人们履行职责,做出牺牲,努力工作以保护美国人民。

But we are now seeing how dangerous this kind of mindset and this kind of thinking can be. We're starting to see where this kind of rhetoric and loose talk and sloppiness about who exactly we're fighting, where this can lead us. We now have proposals from the presumptive Republican nominee for President of the United States to bar all Muslims from emigrating to America. We hear language that singles out immigrants and suggests that entire religious communities are complicit in violence. Where does this stop? 但我们现在看到了这种心态和思维方式的危险性。我们开始看到这种言论、这种轻率的讲话、这种对究竟在与谁作战的含糊其辞,会把我们引向何方。我们现在看到,美国共和党推定总统候选人提出了禁止所有穆斯林移民到美国的提案。我们听到了针对移民的言论,暗示整个宗教社区都与暴力有牵连。这要到什么地步才会停止?

The Orlando killer, one of the San Bernardino killers, the Fort Hood killer -- they were all U.S. citizens. 奥兰多凶手、圣贝纳迪诺的一名凶手、胡德堡的凶手——他们都是美国公民。

Are we going to start treating all Muslim Americans differently? Are we going to start subjecting them to special surveillance? Are we going to start discriminating against them because of their faith? We've heard these suggestions during the course of this campaign. Do Republican officials actually agree with this? 我们要开始区别对待所有穆斯林美国人吗?我们要开始对他们进行特殊监视吗?我们要因为他们的信仰而歧视他们吗?在这次竞选过程中,我们已经听到了这些建议。共和党官员们真的同意这些做法吗?

Because that's not the America we want. It doesn't reflect our democratic ideals. It won't make us more safe; it will make us less safe -- fueling ISIL's notion that the West hates Muslims, making young Muslims in this country and around the world feel like no matter what they do, they're going to be under suspicion and under attack. It makes Muslim Americans feel like their government is betraying them. It betrays the very values America stands for. 因为那不是我们想要的美国。它不符合我们的民主理想。它不会让我们更安全,反而会让我们更不安全——助长了伊斯兰国关于西方憎恨穆斯林的论调,让这个国家和世界各地的年轻穆斯林感到,无论他们做什么,都会受到怀疑和攻击。它让穆斯林美国人感到他们的政府在背叛他们。它背叛了美国所代表的核心价值观。

We've gone through moments in our history before when we acted out of fear -- and we came to regret it. We've seen our government mistreat our fellow citizens. And it has been a shameful part of our history. 我们历史上也曾有过出于恐惧而行动的时刻——而我们后来都后悔了。我们见过我们的政府虐待我们的同胞。这一直是我们历史上可耻的一页。

This is a country founded on basic freedoms, including freedom of religion. We don't have religious tests here. Our Founders, our Constitution, our Bill of Rights are clear about that. And if we ever abandon those values, we would not only make it a lot easier to radicalize people here and around the world, but we would have betrayed the very things we are trying to protect -- the pluralism and the openness, our rule of law, our civil liberties -- the very things that make this country great; the very things that make us exceptional. 这个国家建立在基本自由之上,包括宗教自由。我们这里没有宗教测试。我们的开国元勋、我们的宪法、我们的权利法案对此都有明确规定。如果我们曾经放弃这些价值观,我们不仅会使在这里和世界各地的人们更容易被极端化,而且我们会背叛我们试图保护的根本东西——多元主义和开放、我们的法治、我们的公民自由——那些使这个国家伟大的根本东西,那些使我们与众不同的根本东西。

And then the terrorists would have won. And we cannot let that happen. I will not let that happen. 那样的话,恐怖分子就赢了。我们不能让这种情况发生。我不会让这种情况发生。

Two weeks ago, I was at the commencement ceremony at the Air Force Academy. And it could not have been more inspiring to see these young people stepping up, dedicated to serve and protect this country. And part of what was inspiring was the incredible diversity of these cadets. We saw cadets who are straight applauding classmates who were openly gay. We saw cadets born here in America applauding classmates who are immigrants and love this country so much they decided they wanted to be part of our armed forces. 两周前,我参加了空军学院的毕业典礼。看到这些年轻人挺身而出,致力于服务和保护这个国家,真是再鼓舞人心不过了。而令人鼓舞的部分原因,是这些学员令人惊叹的多样性。我们看到,直学员为公开同性恋身份的同学鼓掌。我们看到,出生在美国的学员为移民同学鼓掌,这些同学如此热爱这个国家,决定加入我们的武装部队。

We saw cadets and families of all religions applaud cadets who are proud, patriotic Muslim Americans serving their country in uniform, ready to lay their lives on the line to protect you and to protect me. 我们看到,各种宗教信仰的学员和家庭为那些自豪的、爱国的穆斯林美国学员鼓掌,他们穿着军装为国家服务,随时准备为保护你我而牺牲生命。

We saw male cadets applauding for female classmates who can now serve in combat positions. That's the American military. That's America -- one team, one nation. Those are the values that ISIL is trying to destroy, and we shouldn't help them do it. 我们看到,男学员为现在可以在战斗岗位服役的女同学鼓掌。这就是美国军队。这就是美国——一个团队,一个国家。这些都是伊斯兰国试图摧毁的价值观,我们不应该帮助他们这样做。

Our diversity and our respect for one another, our drawing on the talents of everybody in this country, our making sure that we are treating everybody fairly -- that we're not judging people on the basis of what faith they are or what race they are, or what ethnicity they are, or what their sexual orientation is -- that's what makes this country great. That's the spirit we see in Orlando. 我们的多样性和对彼此的尊重,我们对这个国家每个人才能的利用,我们确保公平对待每个人——我们不以一个人的信仰、种族、族裔或性取向来评判他们——这就是使这个国家伟大的原因。这就是我们在奥兰多看到的精神。

That's the unity and resolve that will allow us to defeat ISIL. That's what will preserve our values and our ideals that define us as Americans. That's how we're going to defend this nation, and that's how we're going to defend our way of life. 正是这种团结和决心,将使我们能够击败伊斯兰国。正是这种精神,将维护定义我们美国人身份的价值观和理想。这就是我们将如何保卫这个国家,这就是我们将如何捍卫我们的生活方式。

Thank you very much. 非常感谢大家。

署名Barack Obama(巴拉克·奥巴马)  2016-06-14  发表于 Treasury Department, Washington, D.C.