Hello, Air Force! Thank you so much. Thank you. It is wonderful to be back at the United States Air Force Academy! Thank you. 你们好，空军将士们！非常感谢大家。谢谢。能再次来到美国空军学院，真是太棒了！谢谢你们。
Secretary James, for your service to our Air Force and to our nation. Governor Hickenlooper, Academy leaders, faculty and staff -- especially your outstanding Superintendent, Lieutenant General Michelle Johnson. And most of all, congratulations to the Class of 2016! 詹姆斯部长，感谢您为空军和国家做出的贡献。希肯卢珀州长，学院的领导、教职员工们——尤其是你们杰出的校长米歇尔·约翰逊中将。最重要的是，祝贺2016届毕业生！
As he prepares to conclude a remarkable 40-year career in the Air Force -- a career that started on this day 40 years ago -- please join me in saluting someone who many of you look up to and whose counsel I've relied on as well -- Chief of Staff General Mark Welsh. Thank you, Mark. Thank you, Mark, and thank you, Betty. 在他即将结束非凡的四十年空军生涯之际——这段生涯始于四十年前的今天——请和我一起向一位你们许多人敬仰、我也一直倚重其建议的人致敬——参谋长马克·韦尔什上将。谢谢你，马克。谢谢你，马克，也谢谢你，贝蒂。
And although he's not here today, I am proud to have nominated another Academy graduate -- and a combat-tested pilot -- to serve as the 21st Air Force Chief of Staff, General David Goldfein. 虽然他今天不在这里，但我很自豪能够提名另一位学院毕业生——一位久经战火考验的飞行员——担任第二十一任空军参谋长，大卫·戈德费因上将。
Cadets, you can take enormous pride in all the hard work that has brought you to this day. I also ask you to give a big round of applause to all your moms and dads, grandparents, brothers, sisters, aunts, uncles who supported you and sacrificed for you so you could be here today. Give them another round of applause. 学员们，你们可以为将自己带到今天的所有辛勤努力感到无比自豪。我也请你们为所有支持你们、为你们牺牲、让你们今天能够站在这里的父母、祖父母、兄弟姐妹、叔叔阿姨们，送上最热烈的掌声。再为他们鼓一次掌。
Now, I have to tell you, some days I spend more time with the Air Force than my own family. Especially on Air Force One. You take good care of me. You are always on time. You never lose my luggage. I don't have to take off my shoes before I get on. So I'm really going to miss Air Force One -- as well as the incredible Airmen that I've come to know. And that includes the pilots who flew me here -- Lieutenant Colonels Dan Thorn and Rob Tobler and Major Brett Ellis -- all three of them proud Air Force Academy graduates. Give them a big round of applause. 现在，我得告诉你们，有些日子我和空军待在一起的时间比和家人还多。尤其是在空军一号上。你们把我照顾得很好。你们总是准时。你们从不弄丢我的行李。我登机前还不用脱鞋。所以我会非常想念空军一号——以及我所认识的那些了不起的空军官兵们。这其中包括今天送我来这里的飞行员——丹·索恩中校、罗布·托布勒中校和布雷特·埃利斯少校——他们三位都是自豪的空军学院毕业生。为他们热烈鼓掌。
This Academy is one of our nation's most selective academic institutions. Just being accepted is a big deal -- a testament to your talent and your leadership. And we are particularly grateful to those of you with prior enlisted service, including Cameron Kistler, who deployed to Iraq -- Robert Parati and Clayton Logan, who deployed to Afghanistan. We thank you. Your country thanks you. 这所学院是我国选拔最严格的学术机构之一。仅仅被录取就是一件了不起的事——这证明了你们的才华和领导力。我们特别感谢你们中那些有过士兵服役经历的人，包括曾部署到伊拉克的卡梅伦·基斯特勒——以及曾部署到阿富汗的罗伯特·帕拉蒂和克莱顿·洛根。我们感谢你们。你们的国家感谢你们。
Cadets, here you were tested by fire -- literally. When you went through Beast, as General Johnson noted, Waldo Canyon was actually on fire. During Recognition, you ran to the Rock in a blizzard. So you have more than earned your unofficial motto -- "forged in fire and tempered in ice." Which is a great motto -- although it does sound like something out of Game of Thrones. 学员们，你们在这里经受了烈火的考验——真的是烈火。正如约翰逊将军所说，当你们参加"野兽营"训练时，沃尔多峡谷真的在着火。在"认可日"训练中，你们在暴风雪中跑向巨石。所以你们完全赢得了你们的非官方校训——"烈火锻造，寒冰淬炼"。这是一句很棒的校训——虽然听起来确实像《权力的游戏》里的台词。
And through it all, you've become like family. You survived morning accountability formations, survived living in Sijan Hall. That night in F-1 where you learned to "earn each day." You cheered Coach Calhoun and the Falcons as I've welcomed them to the White House to present the Commander-in-Chief Trophy -- which Air Force has won a record 19 times. 历经这一切，你们已经像家人一样。你们熬过了晨间点名编队，熬过了在西让厅的宿舍生活。熬过了F-1楼那个让你们学会"赢得每一天"的夜晚。你们为卡尔霍恩教练和猎鹰队加油，而我则在白宫迎接他们，授予总司令杯——空军已经创纪录地赢得了十九次。
And I look out into your ranks and I see Airmen who will excel as pilots and engineers, analysts -- so many specialties. The first cyber graduates in this Academy's history. And David Higgins, a marksman who's going to the Olympics in Rio -- bring home the gold, David! No pressure. 放眼你们的队伍，我看到了将在飞行员、工程师、分析师等众多专业领域脱颖而出的空军官兵。有这所学院历史上首批网络安全专业毕业生。还有大卫·希金斯，一名即将参加里约奥运会的射击运动员——拿金牌回来，大卫！不给你压力哈。
In you, I see men and women of integrity and service and excellence. And you've made us all proud. And perhaps no one would have been more proud of your success than Major David Brodeur, whose sacrifice in Afghanistan we honor, and whose family joins us today -- 2016. 在你们身上，我看到了正直、奉献和卓越的男女将士。你们让我们所有人都感到骄傲。或许，没有人比大卫·布罗德尔少校更会为你们的成就感到骄傲，我们铭记他在阿富汗的牺牲，他的家人今天也来到了这里——2016届的同学们。
You've learned other lessons, as well, like what happens when you paint one of the planes on the Terrazo in your class color. With such "achievements" in mind -- I hereby grant amnesty to all cadets serving restrictions and confinements for minor offenses. Only minor. 你们也学到了其他教训，比如把广场上的一架飞机涂成你们年级的颜色会有什么后果。念及这些"壮举"——我在此特赦所有因轻微违纪而受限制和禁闭处罚的学员。只限轻微的啊。
Today, we congratulate our newest Air Force officers. On behalf of the American people, I thank you for choosing a life of service. In the coming weeks, some of you will head to the chapel to get married. In the years ahead, you and your families will serve around the world. As officers, you'll be responsible for the lives of those under your command, and you'll be called upon to lead with wisdom, courage and compassion. That's what I want to talk with you about today. 今天，我们向我们最新一批空军军官表示祝贺。我代表美国人民，感谢你们选择了奉献一生的道路。在未来几周里，你们中的一些人将前往教堂举行婚礼。在未来的岁月里，你们和你们的家人将在世界各地服役。作为军官，你们将对麾下士兵的生命负责，你们将被召唤以智慧、勇气和同情心去领导。这就是我今天想和你们谈的。
I've served as Commander-in-Chief for nearly eight years now. It has been the highest honor of my life to lead the greatest military in the history of the world. It inspires me every day. 我担任总司令已经快八年了。领导世界历史上最强大的军队，是我一生中最高的荣誉。这每天都在激励着我。
Today will be the last time that I have the honor of addressing a graduating class of military officers. And there's a debate going on in our country about our nation's role in the world. So, with that in mind, I hope you don't mind if I share some lessons I've learned as Commander-in-Chief -- lessons that you may find useful as you lead those under your command, and as we work together to keep our nation strong and secure. 今天将是我最后一次有幸向军校毕业班发表演讲。而在我们国家，关于我们国家在世界上的角色，正在进行一场辩论。因此，考虑到这一点，我希望你们不介意我分享一些我作为总司令学到的教训——这些教训在你们领导麾下士兵时，以及在我们共同努力维护国家强大与安全时，或许会对你们有所帮助。
First, as you look at the world, be guided by an honest and clear-eyed assessment. Remember what you learned at this Academy -- the importance of evidence and facts and judgment. And here's a fact: The United States of America remains the most powerful nation on Earth and a force for good. 首先，当你们审视世界时，要以诚实和清醒的判断为指引。记住你们在这所学院学到的——证据、事实和判断力的重要性。有一个事实是：美利坚合众国仍然是地球上最强大的国家，是一股向善的力量。
We have big challenges in our country -- in our politics, our economy, our society. Those are challenges we have to address. But look around. We have the world's strongest economy. Our scientists, our researchers, our entrepreneurs are global leaders in innovation. Our colleges and universities attract the best talent from around the world. Our values -- freedom, equality, opportunity -- those values inspire people everywhere, including immigrants who come here, ready to work, and integrate and help renew our country. 我们国家面临着巨大的挑战——在政治、经济、社会各方面。这些都是我们必须应对的挑战。但环顾四周，我们拥有世界上最强大的经济。我们的科学家、研究人员、企业家是创新领域的全球领导者。我们的大学吸引着来自世界各地的最优秀人才。我们的价值观——自由、平等、机会——这些价值观激励着世界各地的人们，包括那些来到这里、准备工作、融入社会并帮助振兴我们国家的移民。
Our standing in the world is higher. I see it in my travels from Havana to Berlin to Ho Chi Minh City -- where huge crowds of Vietnamese lined the streets, some waving American flags. So make no mistake, the United States is better positioned to lead in the 21st century than any other nation. 我们在世界上的地位更高了。我在从哈瓦那到柏林再到胡志明市的访问中都看到了这一点——在胡志明市，大批越南民众站在街道两旁，有些人挥舞着美国国旗。所以毫无疑问，美国比其他任何国家都更有能力在二十一世纪发挥领导作用。
And here's another fact: Our military is, by a mile, the strongest in the world. Yes, after two major ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, we're drawing down the size of our Armed Forces, which is natural and necessary. And we have to keep improving readiness and modernizing our force. But it is undeniable -- our military is the most capable fighting force on the planet. It's not close. 还有一个事实：我们的军队毫无疑问是世界上最强大的。是的，在阿富汗和伊拉克的两场大规模地面战争之后，我们正在缩减军队规模，这是自然且必要的。我们必须不断提高战备状态，推进军队现代化。但不可否认的是——我们的军队是这个星球上最有战斗力的武装力量。没有任何国家能接近。
Our soldiers are the best-trained, best-equipped land force on Earth, tested by years of combat, able to sustain power anywhere in the globe. Nobody can match our Army. Our sailors serve on aircraft carriers that can go almost anywhere, and submarines that move undetected -- the largest and most lethal Navy in the world, on track to surpass 300 ships. Nobody can match our Navy. 我们的士兵是地球上训练最有素、装备最精良的陆军部队，经过多年战火的考验，能够在全球任何地方持续投送力量。没有人能与我们的陆军匹敌。我们的水兵驾驶着几乎可以抵达任何地方的航空母舰和神出鬼没的潜艇——这是世界上规模最大、杀伤力最强的海军，即将突破三百艘舰艇。没有人能与我们的海军匹敌。
Our Marines are ready at a moment's notice, "first to fight" or deliver help in a crisis, the world's only truly global expeditionary force. Nobody can match our Marines. Our Coast Guardsmen serve on the most advanced cutters in history, and special teams can shoot smugglers' engines, hook and climb or repel aboard, protecting our shores. Nobody can match our Coast Guard. 我们的海军陆战队员随时待命，"首战用我"或在危机中提供援助，是世界上唯一真正意义上的全球远征部队。没有人能与我们的海军陆战队匹敌。我们的海岸警卫队员驾驶着有史以来最先进的巡逻艇，特种小队能够击中走私船的引擎、钩攀登船或登船驱离，保卫着我们的海岸。没有人能与我们的海岸警卫队匹敌。
And as for our Airmen -- with your unequaled vigilance and reach, unrivaled fifth-generation fighters, a new generation of remotely piloted aircraft pilots, astonishing precision that calls to mind your actual class motto, "On Target, On Time" -- nobody can match America's Air Force. 至于我们的空军官兵——凭借你们无与伦比的警戒能力和投送范围、无可匹敌的第五代战斗机、新一代远程遥控飞机飞行员，以及令人惊叹的精准打击——这让我想起了你们真正的年级格言，"准时命中目标"——没有人能与美国空军匹敌。
Not only that, no other nation brings its forces together like we do in one joint force, as we saw in an operation against ISIL in Syria just last year. Air Force aircraft provided surveillance. Navy F-18s provided close air support. Army aviation assets delivered our Special Operators, an assault force of Marines and soldiers, to the target, and one of ISIL's top leaders, Abu Sayyaf, was eliminated. That's the power of America's military. And we need to keep it that way. 不仅如此，没有任何其他国家能像我们一样将各军种整合成一支联合部队，正如我们去年在叙利亚打击"伊斯兰国"的行动中所看到的那样。空军战机提供监视。海军F-18战机提供近距离空中支援。陆军航空资产将我们的特种作战人员——一支由海军陆战队员和陆军士兵组成的突击部队——投送到目标，"伊斯兰国"最高头目之一阿布·赛耶夫被击毙。这就是美国军队的力量。我们需要保持这种优势。
And here's one more fact as you go out into the world: We are blessed to be living in the most peaceful, most prosperous era in human history. Now, that sounds controversial until you survey the history of the world. It's hard to see, with all the violence and suffering in the world, and what's reported on the news every day. But if you step back for a moment -- think about last week, when I was in Hiroshima to remember all who were lost in a World War that killed some 60 million people -- not 60,000, 60 million. 在你们走向世界之际，还有一个事实：我们有幸生活在人类历史上最和平、最繁荣的时代。这听起来可能有争议，直到你纵观世界历史。由于世界上所有的暴力和苦难，以及每天新闻报道的内容，这一点很难看清。但如果你退一步想一想——想想上周，我在广岛纪念在一场世界大战中逝去的所有人，那场战争夺走了约六千万人的生命——不是六万，是六千万。
For decades, there have been no wars between major powers. Wars between nations are increasingly rare. More people live in democracies. More than 1 billion people have been lifted from extreme poverty. From the Americas to Africa to Southeast Asia, there's a new generation of young people, connected by technology and ready to make their mark. I've met them. 几十年来，大国之间没有发生过战争。国与国之间的战争越来越少。更多的人生活在民主制度下。超过十亿人摆脱了极端贫困。从美洲到非洲再到东南亚，新一代的年轻人通过技术连接在一起，准备大展宏图。我见过他们。
They look up to America. They aspire to be our partner. That's the progress and the hope that we have to build on. And so much of that derives from the extraordinary leadership and sacrifice of our Air Force and the other branches of our military. 他们敬仰美国。他们渴望成为我们的伙伴。这就是我们必须依靠的进步和希望。而这在很大程度上源于我们空军和其他军种的卓越领导和牺牲奉献。
So we are well-positioned. You enter this moment with a lot of good cards to play. 所以我们处于有利地位。你们此刻有很多好牌可打。
But we face serious threats. Terrorist networks slaughter the innocent and plot attacks against our nation. Civil wars like in Iraq tear countries apart and create humanitarian catastrophes and havens for terrorists. Russian aggression against Ukraine, disputes in the South China Sea -- these are testing an international order that we built, where the sovereignty of nations is respected and all nations abide by the same rules. Nuclear weapons, as in North Korea, and the specter of nuclear terrorism still threaten us all. 但我们面临着严重的威胁。恐怖主义网络屠杀无辜民众，并策划针对我们国家的袭击。像伊拉克这样的内战使国家四分五裂，造成人道主义灾难和恐怖分子避风港。俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略、南海争端——这些都在考验我们所建立的国际秩序，在这个秩序中，各国主权得到尊重，所有国家遵守同样的规则。朝鲜的核武器以及核恐怖主义的幽灵仍然威胁着我们所有人。
So how to meet these threats while also seizing the incredible opportunities of this moment in history, that's going to be your challenge -- the challenge of your generation. 那么，如何应对这些威胁，同时抓住这个历史时刻的巨大机遇，这将是你们的挑战——你们这一代人的挑战。
Which leads me to a second lesson. As we navigate this complex world, America cannot shirk the mantle of leadership. We can't be isolationist. It's not possible in this globalized, interconnected world. In these uncertain times, it's tempting sometimes to pull back and try to wash our hands of conflicts that seem intractable, let other countries fend for themselves. But history teaches us, from Pearl Harbor to 9/11, that oceans alone cannot protect us. Hateful ideologies can spark terror from Boston to San Bernardino. 这引出了第二个教训。当我们在这个复杂的世界中航行时，美国不能推卸领导责任。我们不能搞孤立主义。在这个全球化、互联互通的世界里，这是不可能的。在这些不确定的时期，有时很容易想退缩，试图对那些看似棘手的冲突撒手不管，让其他国家自生自灭。但历史告诉我们，从珍珠港到911，仅靠海洋是保护不了我们的。仇恨意识形态能在从波士顿到圣贝纳迪诺的各地引发恐怖。
In a global economy, it's not possible to stop trading goods and services with other countries. Weak public health systems on the other side of the world allow diseases to develop that end up reaching our shores. So we cannot turn inward. We cannot give in to isolationism. That's a false comfort. Allowing problems to fester over there makes us less secure here. So, as Americans, we have to keep leading and working with others to build the security and prosperity and justice we want in the world. 在全球经济中，不可能停止与其他国家的商品和服务贸易。世界另一端薄弱的公共卫生系统会让疾病滋生，最终传到我们的海岸。所以我们不能闭关自守。我们不能屈服于孤立主义。那是虚假的安慰。让问题在那边恶化只会让我们在这里更不安全。因此，作为美国人，我们必须继续领导，并与其他国家合作，建设我们想要的安全、繁荣与公正的世界。
By the way, one of the most effective ways to lead and work with others is through treaties that advance our interests. Lately, there's been a mindset in Congress that just about any international treaty is somehow a violation of American sovereignty, and so the Senate almost never approves treaties anymore. They voted down a treaty to protect disabled Americans, including our veterans, while Senator and World War II veteran Bob Dole was sitting right there in the Senate chambers in a wheelchair. 顺便说一句，领导和与他国合作最有效的方式之一，就是通过促进我们利益的条约。最近，国会中有一种心态，认为几乎任何国际条约都是对美国主权的某种侵犯，因此参议院几乎再也不批准条约了。他们否决了一项保护美国残疾人（包括我们的退伍军人）的条约，而参议员、二战老兵鲍勃·多尔当时就坐在参议院的轮椅上。
We don't always realize it, but treaties help make a lot of things in our lives possible that we take for granted -- from international phone calls to mail. Those are good things. Those are not a threat to our sovereignty. I think we can all agree on that. 我们并不总是意识到，但条约让我们生活中许多习以为常的事情成为可能——从国际电话到邮件。这些都是好事。这些不是对我们主权的威胁。我想我们在这一点上都能达成共识。
But also from NATO to treaties controlling nuclear weapons, treaties help keep us safe. So if we're truly concerned about China's actions in the South China Sea, for example, the Senate should help strengthen our case by approving the Law of the Sea Convention -- as our military leaders have urged. And by the way, these treaties are not a new thing. The power to make treaties is written into our Constitution. Our Founding Fathers ratified lots of treaties. So it's time for the Senate to do its job and help us advance American leadership, rather than undermine it. 此外，从北约到核武器控制条约，条约帮助保障我们的安全。所以，如果我们真的对中国在南海的行动感到担忧，参议院应该批准《海洋法公约》来加强我们的立场——正如我们的军事领导人所敦促的那样。顺便说一句，这些条约并不是什么新鲜事。缔约权写进了我们的宪法。我们的开国元勋们批准了许多条约。所以是时候让参议院履行职责，帮助我们推进美国的领导地位，而不是削弱它。
A part of the reason this is so important is because the United States remains the one indisputable nation in world affairs. I say this all the time. After eight years, I have not gone to an international conference, summit, meeting where we were not the ones who made the agenda possible -- even if we weren't hosting it. We have more alliances with other countries than anybody else -- and they're the foundation of global stability and prosperity. 这一点如此重要的部分原因是，美国仍然是国际事务中独一无二的国家。我一直这么说。八年来，我参加过的每一次国际会议、峰会、会谈，都是我们让议程得以推进——即使不是我们主办的。我们与其他国家的联盟比任何国家都多——而这些联盟是全球稳定与繁荣的基石。
On just about every issue, the world looks to us to set the agenda. When there's a problem around the world, they do not call Beijing or Moscow -- they call us. 几乎在每一个问题上，世界都期待我们来设定议程。当世界上出现问题时，他们不会打给北京或莫斯科——他们打给我们。
And we lead not by dictating to other nations, but by working with them as partners; by treating other countries and their peoples with respect, not by lecturing them. This isn't just the right thing to do; it's in our self-interest. It makes countries more likely to work with us, and, ultimately, it makes us more secure. So we need smart, steady, principled American leadership. 我们的领导方式不是对其他国家发号施令，而是作为伙伴与他们合作；尊重其他国家及其人民，而不是对他们说教。这不仅是正确的做法；这也符合我们的自身利益。这使各国更愿意与我们合作，最终使我们更安全。所以我们需要明智、稳健、有原则的美国领导力。
And part of leading wisely is seeing threats clearly. Remember Ebola? That was a serious threat, and we took it seriously. But in the midst of it, there was hysteria. "Flights must be banned!" "Quarantine citizens!" These were actual quotes. "Seal the border!" And my favorite -- "Remove Obama…or millions of Americans die!" That's an actual quote. 而明智领导的一部分就是清醒地看待威胁。还记得埃博拉吗？那是一个严重的威胁，我们也认真对待了。但在疫情期间，出现了歇斯底里的情绪。"必须禁止航班！""隔离公民！"这些都是真实的引述。"封锁边境！"还有我最喜欢的——"罢免奥巴马……否则数百万美国人会死！"那真的是有人说过的话。
The thing is, when we panic, we don't make good decisions. So, with Ebola, instead of responding with fear, we responded with facts and responded with science and organization. And thanks to a coordinated global response -- enabled by the American military and our medical workers who got in there first -- we stopped the spread of Ebola in West Africa and saved countless lives, and protected ourselves. 问题是，当我们恐慌时，我们做不出好的决策。所以，面对埃博拉，我们没有以恐惧回应，而是以事实、以科学和组织来回应。多亏了协调一致的全球应对——由美国军方和我们的医疗工作者率先参与——我们阻止了埃博拉在西非的蔓延，拯救了无数生命，也保护了我们自己。
So we've got to engage with the world. We can't pull back. 所以我们必须参与世界事务。我们不能退缩。
Of course, leading wisely also means resisting the temptation to intervene militarily every time there's a problem or crisis in the world. History is littered with the ruins of empires and nations that overextended themselves, draining their power and influence. And so we have to chart a smarter path. 当然，明智的领导也意味着抵制每次出现问题或危机就进行军事干预的诱惑。历史上充斥着过度扩张、耗尽自身力量和影响力的帝国和国家的废墟。因此，我们必须走出一条更明智的道路。
As we saw in Vietnam and the Iraq War, oftentimes the greatest damage to American credibility comes when we overreach, when we don't think through the consequences of all of our actions. And so we have to learn from our history. And that also means we're doing right by our men and women in uniform. 正如我们在越南和伊拉克战争中所看到的，对美国信誉的最大伤害往往来自我们的过度扩张，来自我们没有充分考虑所有行动的后果。所以我们必须从历史中学习。这也意味着我们要正确对待我们的军人。
So, cadets, in your positions of leadership, you will be called upon to sustain this balance -- to be hard-headed and big-hearted; guided by realism and idealism, even when these forces are sometimes at odds. We've got to have the realism to see the world as it is -- where sometimes uncomfortable compromises are necessary; where we have the humility to recognize that there are limits to what even a nation as powerful as ours can do; that there may be wars we cannot always stop right away, or lives we cannot save. 学员们，在你们的领导岗位上，你们将被要求保持这种平衡——既要头脑清醒，又要心怀宽广；以现实主义和理想主义为指引，即使这两种力量有时相互矛盾。我们必须有现实主义的眼光，看清世界的本来面目——有时需要做出令人不安的妥协；我们要谦逊地认识到，即使像我们这样强大的国家，能做的事情也是有限的；有些战争我们可能无法立即阻止，有些生命我们可能无法拯救。
But we also need the idealism that sees the world as it ought to be -- a commitment to the universal values of democracy and equality and human rights, and a willingness to stand up for them around the world -- not just when it's easy, but when it's hard. Because that's who we are and that's American leadership. 但我们也需要理想主义，看到世界应有的样子——致力于民主、平等和人权等普世价值，并愿意在世界各地捍卫这些价值——不只是在容易的时候，而是在困难的时候。因为这就是我们的本色，这就是美国的领导力。
At times, ensuring our security requires the use of military force. That's the third lesson I want to discuss. As Commander-in-Chief, I have not hesitated to use force, unilaterally where necessary, to protect the American people. Thanks to our military, intelligence and counterterrorism professionals, bin Laden is gone. Anwar al-Awlaki, a leader of the al Qaeda affiliate in Yemen, is gone. Ahmed Abdi Godane, the al Qaeda leader in Somalia -- he's gone. Ahmed Abu Khattala, accused in the attacks in Benghazi -- captured. Mohammad Mansur, the leader of the Taliban -- gone. 有时，确保我们的安全需要使用武力。这是我想讨论的第三个教训。作为总司令，我毫不犹豫地使用武力，必要时单方面使用武力，来保护美国人民。多亏了我们的军方、情报和反恐专业人员，本·拉登已经被消灭。安瓦尔·奥拉基，也门基地组织分支的头目，已经被消灭。艾哈迈德·阿卜迪·戈丹内，索马里基地组织领导人——他也被消灭了。艾哈迈德·阿布·哈塔拉，班加西袭击的嫌疑人——已被抓获。穆罕默德·曼苏尔，塔利班领导人——被消灭了。
Leader after leader in ISIL -- Haji Mutazz, their number two; Mohamed Emwazi, who brutally murdered Americans; Abu Nabil, the ISIL leader in Libya -- all gone. Abu Dawud, a leader of their chemical weapons program -- captured. "伊斯兰国"的头目一个接一个——他们的二号人物哈吉·穆塔兹；残忍杀害美国人的穆罕默德·埃姆瓦齐；利比亚"伊斯兰国"头目阿布·纳比勒——都被消灭了。阿布·达乌德，他们化学武器项目的一名头目——已被抓获。
The list goes on. Because if you target Americans, we will find you and justice will be done, and we will defend our nation. 这样的例子不胜枚举。因为如果你以美国人为目标，我们会找到你，正义会得到伸张，我们会保卫我们的国家。
But even as we celebrate the courage of our troops who serve in war, even where we do not hesitate to act on behalf of our security, we should never celebrate war itself. War, no matter how noble our intentions may be, promises agony and tragedy. And no one knows this more than those who fight those wars -- our wounded warriors who bear the scars, seen and unseen; our veterans, who remember their fallen comrades; our Gold Star families, whose hearts ache with pride and with loss. 但是，即使我们赞扬在战争中服役的我军将士的勇气，即使我们毫不犹豫地为我们的安全采取行动，我们也绝不应该歌颂战争本身。战争，无论我们的意图多么高尚，都注定带来痛苦和悲剧。没有人比那些参加过战争的人更清楚这一点——我们的伤兵们承受着看得见和看不见的伤疤；我们的退伍军人们铭记着他们倒下的战友；我们的金星家庭，他们的心中既充满骄傲又饱含失去的伤痛。
We have a solemn responsibility to these Americans who sacrifice in our name. We have a responsibility to be guided by intelligence, and not ideology, and to never rush into war, and to explore other options first. Because sending our troops into harm's way must always be a last resort. 我们对这些以我们的名义做出牺牲的美国人负有庄严的责任。我们有责任以情报为指引，而不是以意识形态为指引，永远不要急于开战，首先探索其他选择。因为派遣我们的军队进入险境必须永远是最后的手段。
And sometimes those decisions are tough. I know, for example, that my decision not to conduct strikes against Syria after it used chemical weapons was controversial among some in Washington. But because we seized a diplomatic option, backed by our threat of force, nations came together and we accomplished far more than military strikes ever could have -- all of Syria's declared chemical weapons were successfully removed. 有时这些决定很艰难。例如，我知道，我决定在叙利亚使用化学武器后不对其进行打击，这在华盛顿一些人中存在争议。但因为我们抓住了外交选项，并以武力威胁为后盾，各国团结起来，我们取得的成果远远超过军事打击所能达到的——叙利亚所有已申报的化学武器都被成功移除。
And in acting militarily, we have a responsibility, whenever possible, to build coalitions and partnerships. There are times where we have to do it alone. But on a whole lot of global problems, the United States shouldn't bear the entire burden of global security by itself. Others have to step up. That's why, as we assist and train Afghan forces, we're part of a 39-nation coalition. Our coalition against ISIL includes 66 partners, including Arab nations. 在采取军事行动时，我们有责任尽可能建立联盟和伙伴关系。有些时候我们必须独自行动。但在很多全球问题上，美国不应该独自承担全球安全的全部重担。其他国家必须站出来。这就是为什么，在我们协助和训练阿富汗部队时，我们是一个三十九国联盟的一部分。我们打击"伊斯兰国"的联盟包括六十六个伙伴国，其中包括阿拉伯国家。
We've learned that often the best way to defeat terrorists is not by sending large numbers of American ground forces to occupy and patrol foreign cities and towns. It's better to train and build up local partners -- they're the ones who have to stabilize their own countries over the long term. 我们认识到，击败恐怖分子的最佳方式往往不是派遣大量美国地面部队去占领和巡逻外国的城市和城镇。更好的做法是训练和扶植当地伙伴——从长远来看，他们才是必须稳定自己国家的人。
Compared to when I came into office -- when we had nearly 180,000 American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq -- today that number is less than 15,000. Most of our troops have come home. Our local partners on the ground are in the lead. And as ISIL continues to lose territory in Iraq and Syria, these terrorists are learning the same lesson as others before them -- you will never be strong enough to destroy America or our way of life. You are going to lose. But part of that is because we're on the right side of history, and part of it is because we can mobilize others to work with us. 与我上任时相比——当时我们在阿富汗和伊拉克有近十八万美军——今天这个数字不到一万五千。我们的大部分军队已经回国。我们在当地的伙伴部队处于主导地位。随着"伊斯兰国"在伊拉克和叙利亚不断失去领土，这些恐怖分子正在吸取与前人相同的教训——你们永远不会强大到足以摧毁美国或我们的生活方式。你们终将失败。部分原因是我们站在历史正确的一边，部分原因是我们能够动员其他国家与我们合作。
When we use force, we have a responsibility to use it proportionally. Unlike terrorists who try to kill as many people as possible, the United States military goes to extraordinary lengths to avoid civilian casualties. It's the tragedy of war, however, whenever -- whether it's conventional warfare or precision strikes -- that innocents sometimes are caught in the crossfire. And these are deaths that haunt us all. 当我们使用武力时，我们有责任按比例使用武力。与试图尽可能多地杀人的恐怖分子不同，美国军方竭尽全力避免平民伤亡。然而，战争的悲剧在于，无论是常规战争还是精确打击，无辜者有时都会被卷入交火。这些死亡让我们所有人都深感不安。
Nobody more than me. As technology evolves, we can never grow numb to the consequences of our actions. We have to hold ourselves to high standards, be even more transparent, and do everything in our power to prevent the loss of innocent life. That's how America goes to war. And that's how, ultimately, America also wins the peace. 最让我不安的是。随着技术的发展，我们永远不能对我们行动的后果变得麻木。我们必须坚持高标准，更加透明，尽我们所能防止无辜生命的丧失。这就是美国的作战方式。这也是美国最终赢得和平的方式。
And we have a responsibility to always give our troops a clear mission, the support they need to get the job done, and a plan for what comes after. I insisted, for example, that our surge of forces in Afghanistan be matched with a transition to ensure Afghans took responsibility for their own security. 我们还有责任始终赋予我们的军队明确的使命、完成任务所需的支持，以及后续计划。例如，我坚持认为，我们在阿富汗增兵的同时，必须配套一个过渡计划，以确保阿富汗人对自己的安全负责。
In Libya, we were right to launch an air campaign to prevent Qaddafi from massacring innocent civilians, but we didn't do enough to plan for the day after, when deep-rooted tribalism plunged Libya into disorder. 在利比亚，我们发起空中行动以阻止卡扎菲屠杀无辜平民是正确的，但我们没有为之后的日子做好足够的规划，根深蒂固的部落主义使利比亚陷入混乱。
In Syria, the suffering in the civil war has been heartbreaking to see a nation shattered, and hundreds of thousands killed and millions driven from their homes. It is gut-wrenching. And as a father, I look at Syria's children and I see my own. That's why we've said the dictator, Assad, must go and why we support a moderate Syrian opposition. And it's why America provides more humanitarian aid to the Syrian people than any other nation. 在叙利亚，内战造成的苦难令人心碎——一个国家支离破碎，数十万人死亡，数百万人流离失所。这令人肝肠寸断。作为一个父亲，我看着叙利亚的孩子，就像看到了我自己的孩子。这就是为什么我们说独裁者阿萨德必须下台，为什么我们支持温和的叙利亚反对派。这也是为什么美国向叙利亚人民提供的人道主义援助比任何其他国家都多。
But suggestions for deeper U.S. military involvement in a conflict like the Syrian civil war have to be fully thought through, rigorously examined with an honest assessment of the risks and tradeoffs. How will it alter the conflict? What comes next? When we ask those questions, we prevent the kind of mission creep that history teaches us to avoid. 但对于美国更深地卷入叙利亚内战这样的冲突的建议，必须经过充分思考，以对风险和权衡的诚实评估进行严格审视。这将如何改变冲突？接下来会怎样？当我们提出这些问题时，我们就能避免历史教训告诉我们要避免的那种任务蔓延。
If Iran and Russia want to spill their blood and treasure trying to prop up their Syrian client and get sucked into a quagmire, that is their choice. As President of the United States, I've made a different choice. And the only real solution to the Syrian conflict is a political solution, including a transition away from Assad. And that takes diplomacy -- not American soldiers being dragged into the middle of another civil war in the Middle East. Our foreign policy has to be strong, but it also has to be smart. 如果伊朗和俄罗斯想要耗费他们的鲜血和财富来扶持他们的叙利亚附庸，陷入泥潭，那是他们的选择。作为美国总统，我做出了不同的选择。叙利亚冲突的唯一真正解决方案是政治解决方案，包括让阿萨德下台的过渡。这需要外交——而不是让美国士兵被拖入另一场中东内战的泥潭。我们的外交政策必须强硬，但也必须明智。
Which brings me to my last lesson that I want to share: As powerful as our military is, we have to remember that many of the threats to our security cannot be solved by military force alone. We've got to draw on every tool, all elements of our national power. 这引出了我想分享的最后一个教训：尽管我们的军队很强大，但我们必须记住，我们安全面临的许多威胁不能仅靠军事力量来解决。我们必须动用每一种工具，运用我们国家力量的所有要素。
When we invest in the development that promotes education and opportunity around the globe, it can make conflicts and military interventions less likely later. So if you want to support our military, you also have to be in favor of foreign assistance that helps some young person learn in a very poor country, because it may end up making it less necessary to send our sons and daughters somewhere to fight. You can't separate the two. 当我们投资于促进全球教育和机会的发展事业时，日后发生冲突和军事干预的可能性就会降低。所以，如果你想支持我们的军队，你也必须支持对外援助，帮助贫困国家的年轻人学习，因为这可能最终会减少送我们的儿女去某地打仗的必要性。这两者是分不开的。
When we encourage economic and political reforms -- when citizens, especially young people, in other countries have jobs and can choose their own leaders and have their human rights and dignity upheld -- that can help reduce the appeal of violent extremism. We now have hope of averting the worst effects of climate change and the instability that would threaten our national security because American leadership helped rally the world and forge the most ambitious agreement in history to fight climate change. 当我们鼓励经济和政治改革时——当其他国家的公民，尤其是年轻人，有工作、能够选择自己的领导人、人权和尊严得到维护时——这有助于减少暴力极端主义的吸引力。我们现在有希望避免气候变化的最坏影响以及可能威胁我们国家安全的动荡，因为美国的领导力帮助团结了世界，促成了历史上最宏伟的应对气候变化协定。
So if we're going to seize the possibilities of our time, we have to use all these tools, and we have to have the courage to chart new paths. Because we negotiated with Iran and enforced strong sanctions, we reached a deal that prevents Iran from obtaining a nuclear bomb -- and we did it without firing a shot. With diplomacy, not war. 所以，如果我们要抓住我们这个时代的机遇，我们就必须运用所有这些工具，我们必须有勇气开辟新的道路。因为我们与伊朗谈判并实施了严厉制裁，我们达成了一项阻止伊朗获得核弹的协议——而且我们一枪未发就做到了。用外交，而不是战争。
We put aside 50 years of failed policies, and now we're seeing Americans returning to Cuba and the Cuban people looking to us, and having new hope for the future. Four decades after the conflict between us, Vietnam and America are forging a new partnership, showing the world that peace is better than war. 我们放下了五十年失败的政策，现在我们看到美国人重返古巴，古巴人民将目光投向我们，对未来怀有新的希望。在我们之间的冲突过去四十年后，越南和美国正在建立新的伙伴关系，向世界表明和平胜过战争。
And perhaps no element of our power is more enduring than the example that we set ourselves -- the values we live as a nation and as individuals. That's how we won the Cold War -- not just with the strength of our arms, but with the power of our ideas, the power of our example. It's how we defend our nation -- including our refusal to torture -- because America doesn't just insist that other countries respect human rights, we have to uphold them, as well, and lead the way. 也许我们力量中最持久的要素是我们自身树立的榜样——我们作为一个国家和作为个人所奉行的价值观。我们就是这样赢得冷战的——不仅仅是靠我们的武器力量，而是靠我们思想的力量，靠我们榜样的力量。这就是我们保卫国家的方式——包括我们拒绝酷刑——因为美国不仅坚持要求其他国家尊重人权，我们也必须维护人权，并以身作则。
It's how we treat those we capture. It's one of the reasons we have to close the prison at Guantanamo -- because America has to stand for rule of law. 这就是我们对待俘虏的方式。这就是我们必须关闭关塔那摩监狱的原因之一——因为美国必须代表法治。
We live our values when our military, like America itself, truly welcomes the talents of all people. We're stronger when our gay and lesbian cadets and troops can serve their country -- a country they love -- without hiding who they love. We're stronger when cadets -- like Wasim Soomro and Ismail Baumy and James Salem -- know that we celebrate their service as proud, patriotic Muslim Americans who are also serving in our Armed Forces. 当我们的军队像美国本身一样真正欢迎所有人的才能时，我们就在践行我们的价值观。当我们的男女同性恋学员和军人能够为他们热爱的国家服务，而无需隐瞒他们所爱之人时，我们就更加强大。当学员们——比如瓦西姆·苏姆罗、伊斯梅尔·鲍米和詹姆斯·塞勒姆——知道我们为他们作为自豪的爱国穆斯林美国人在我们军队中服役而庆祝时，我们就更加强大。
And on this 40th anniversary of the first female cadets arriving at this Academy, we are stronger because General Johnson leads this institution; because Air Force General Lori Robinson leads Northern Command -- our nation's first female combatant commander; and because all combat positions in our military are now open to women like you. We're stronger because of it. 在首批女学员进入这所学院四十周年之际，我们更加强大，因为约翰逊将军领导着这所机构；因为洛里·罗宾逊空军上将领导着北方司令部——我国第一位女性作战司令部司令；因为我们军队中所有战斗岗位现在都向像你们这样的女性开放。我们因此而更加强大。
So there you have it -- a few thoughts from your Commander-in-Chief on how to keep our military strong and our nation secure. We can never know what the future holds. But in the not-so-distant future, when I'm no longer President, I will sleep well at night because I know that men and women like you serve to keep us free. 这就是我作为你们的总司令，就如何保持我们军队的强大和国家的安全分享的一些想法。我们永远不会知道未来会怎样。但在不久的将来，当我不再担任总统时，我会在夜里安然入睡，因为我知道像你们这样的男女将士在保卫着我们的自由。
Take care of each other. Take care of those under your command. And as long as you keep strong that Long Blue Line, stay true to the values you've learned here -- integrity, service before self, excellence -- do this and I'm confident that we will always remain one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 彼此照顾。照顾好你们麾下的士兵。只要你们坚守那条"漫长的蓝线"，忠于你们在这里学到的价值观——正直、牺牲奉献、追求卓越——做到这些，我坚信我们将永远是一个上帝保佑的国家，不可分割，人人享有自由与正义。
Congratulations, Class of 2016. 祝贺你们，2016届毕业生。
God bless you all. 愿上帝保佑你们所有人。
God bless the United States of America. 愿上帝保佑美利坚合众国。