He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stopthewar.
他提出了一个新的试图阻止战争的外交倡议。
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People who love the arctic for its beauty, not its riches, look enviously at Antarctica, which was carefully parcelled out by a treaty regime designed to stopthe cold war spreading south.
Obama was "a vulnerable man who will not be able to stopthewar, as he promised, but instead he will drag it to the maximum possible extent," the message said.