特朗普总统对他的前任们有话要说。看来，他对他们处理越南和阿富汗冲突的方式并不十分满意。
President Trump has a message for his predecessors. It seems that he is not particularly happy with how they handled the conflicts in Vietnam and Afghanistan.
在美国中期选举前夕的一次集会上，特朗普指出，他认为之前的美国政府存在战略误判，并声称自己本可以在一周内赢得越南战争。
Addressing a rally ahead of the US midterm elections, Trump drew attention to what he believed was a strategic miscalculation by previous US administrations, claiming that he could have won the Vietnam War within a week."I could have won Vietnam in a week," Trump said.
“我本可以在一周内赢得越南战争，”特朗普说。他还批评了冲突期间使用橙剂，称：“他们往森林里投掷了该死的那种东西：橙剂！而不是去追击胡志明市和其他城市。”除此之外，特朗普还声称自己本可以在一周内解决阿富汗危机。
He also criticised the use of Agent Orange during the conflict, saying, "They dropped whatever the hell that crap is that hit the forest: Agent Orange! Instead of going after Ho Chi Minh and the other cities." In addition to this, Trump claimed that he could have resolved the Afghanistan crisis within a week.
然而，特朗普的言论因事实错误立即引发批评。批评者指出，当时胡志明市被称为西贡，是美国盟友南越的首都。敌方首都则是北越的河内。战争期间，美国曾直接打击北越，滚雷行动于1965年至1968年轰炸了该地区。
However, Trump’s remarks drew immediate criticism over factual errors. Critics pointed out that Ho Chi Minh City was then called Saigon and served as the capital of South Vietnam, America’s ally. The enemy capital was Hanoi in North Vietnam. The US had directly targeted the North during the war, with Operation Rolling Thunder bombing the region from 1965 to 1968.
几名网络用户也指出了这一点。随着视频的曝光，一名用户写道：“呃？他想轰炸南越的总部吗？？？我的意思是，以某种方式，我想这可能会在一周内结束战争。”另一名用户提到：“你意识到当时的胡志明市是西贡，由南越管辖，对吧，而且美军当时也在那里。所以，虽然你饶过了河内（也许），但你却决定轰炸你自己创造的东西。”
Several users on the internet also pointed it out. As the video surfaced, one user wrote, "Um? He wanted to bomb the headquarters of South Vietnam ??? I mean in a way that would have ended the war in a week I guess." Another user mentioned, "You do realise that Ho Chi Minh City back then was Saigon and was governed by South Vietnam, right, and even US troops were there. So while it's good that you spared Hanoi (maybe), you decided to bomb the thing you have created.
这并非特朗普第一次发表此类言论。大约一年半前，他曾表示自己本可以在三到四个月内赢得越南战争。
This is not the first time Trump has made such claims. Around one-and-a-half years ago, he said that he could have won the Vietnam War within three to four months.
越南战争于1955年至1975年期间进行，是20世纪的主要军事冲突之一。
The Vietnam War, fought between 1955 and 1975, was one of the major military conflicts of the 20th century.
尽管美国军事介入广泛，但未能实现其政治目标，最终在南越垮台前撤出了军队。特朗普在接受福克斯新闻采访时，曾质疑历届政府采取的军事战略，他说：“如果是我，我会在三个月、四个月内结束那场战争。”越南战争的发展过程：从法国统治到美国介入越南的冲突始于其争取摆脱法国殖民统治的独立斗争。1945年，共产主义革命家胡志明宣布独立，但法国试图重新控制，引发了第一次印度支那战争（1946—1954年）。
法国于1954年在奠边府战败，导致签署日内瓦协定，协定暂时将越南沿北纬17度线划分为由胡志明领导的共产主义北越和最初由吴廷琰领导的反共南越。美国的介入始于哈里·S·杜鲁门总统时期，他曾在财政上支持法国，随后在德怀特·D·艾森豪威尔时期扩大，艾森豪威尔根据多米诺理论支持南越以防止共产主义蔓延。
Despite its extensive military involvement, the United States failed to achieve its political objectives, eventually withdrawing its troops before the fall of South Vietnam. In an interview with Fox News, Trump had questioned the military strategy adopted by previous administrations, saying, "If it were me, I would have had that war done in three months, four months."HOW THE VIETNAM WAR UNFOLDED: FROM FRENCH RULE TO US INVOLVEMENTVietnam's conflict began with its struggle for independence from French colonial rule. In 1945, communist revolutionary Ho Chi Minh declared independence, but France attempted to regain control, triggering the First Indochina War (1946–1954).France's defeat at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 led to the Geneva Accords, which temporarily divided Vietnam along the 17th parallel into communist North Vietnam, led by Ho Chi Minh, and anti-communist South Vietnam, initially led by Ngo Dinh Diem.US involvement began under President Harry S Truman, who backed France financially, and expanded under Dwight D Eisenhower, who supported South Vietnam to prevent the spread of communism under the Domino Theory.
约翰·F·肯尼迪进一步增加了美国军事顾问和援助。南越的政治不稳定局势加剧，最终在1963年11月的一次军事政变中，吴廷琰被暗杀。林登·B·约翰逊时期战争急剧升级，他利用1964年北部湾事件争取国会授权进行军事干预。1965年3月，美国战斗部队登陆越南，随后对北方展开大规模轰炸行动。1968年，北越军队和越共发动春节攻势，暴露了美国军事进展的局限性，并加剧了美国国内的反战情绪。
John F Kennedy further increased American military advisers and assistance. Political instability deepened in South Vietnam, culminating in Diem's assassination in a military coup in November 1963. The war escalated dramatically under Lyndon B Johnson, who used the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident to secure congressional authority for military intervention. In March 1965, US combat troops landed in Vietnam, followed by extensive bombing campaigns against the North. The 1968 Tet Offensive, launched by North Vietnamese forces and the Viet Cong, exposed the limits of American military progress and intensified anti-war sentiment in the US.
约翰逊当年宣布不寻求连任。他的继任者理查德·尼克松于1969年推行越南化政策，逐步撤出美军，同时加强南越军队。
Johnson declined to seek re-election that year. His successor, Richard Nixon, introduced Vietnamisation in 1969, gradually withdrawing American troops while strengthening South Vietnam's military.
然而，冲突蔓延至柬埔寨和老挝，和平谈判依然艰难。巴黎和平协定于1973年1月签署，导致美国战斗部队于3月撤出。尼克松于1974年辞职后，杰拉尔德·福特总统监督了冲突的最后阶段。北越于1975年3月发起决定性攻势，4月30日攻占西贡，击败南越。越南于1976年7月在共产党统治下正式统一，结束了这场使历届美国政府陷入日益昂贵的军事投入的冲突。
结束
However, the conflict spread into Cambodia and Laos, and peace negotiations remained difficult. The Paris Peace Accords were signed in January 1973, leading to the withdrawal of American combat troops by March. After Nixon resigned in 1974, President Gerald Ford oversaw the final phase of the conflict. North Vietnam launched its decisive offensive in March 1975, captured Saigon on April 30 and defeated South Vietnam. Vietnam was formally reunified under communist rule in July 1976, bringing an end to a conflict that had drawn successive US administrations into an increasingly costly military engagement.- Ends