政客一方面不愿为国内计划提供资金，一方面又在大打“漫长的战争 ” ， 美国外交圈可能会忽视两者之间的联系，但其他美国人可不会。
The linkage between politicians’ unwillingness to fund domestic programs and the imperiled commitment to “the long war” might elude those in US foreign-policy circles, but it is not lost on the rest of the country.