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不对称战争 Asymmetric Warfare 　　不对称战争是弱者用来击败强者的一种战争形式。不对称战争的一个经典例子就是《圣经》中大卫击败哥利亚的故事。巨人哥利亚拥有全套战争装备：厚厚的铠甲、长矛和大剑。而大卫只是一个牧羊童：打着赤脚、拿着一把弹弓上阵。但是，大卫用弹弓击中哥利亚的前额，把他打倒在地，并割了他的首级，最终取胜。 Asymmetric warfare is a pattern of warfare used by the weak to defeat the strong. One classic example of asymmetric warfare is the story about David defeat Goliath in the Bible. The giant Goliath was equipped with a whole set of war equipment: thick armor, spear and giant sword. David was only a shepherd-boy: barefooted, carrying a slingshot. However, David hit Goliath’s forehead with the slingshot, beat down and beheaded him, and won the final victory. 　　不对称战争的基本原理是避实就虚：避开敌人的强项，袭击敌人的弱点，迫使对手按自己的方式作战。如果你的对手是泰森，不要在拳击场上跟他斗。要引诱他按你的方式来斗，比如你棋下得不错，就跟他下棋。在战场上要以同样的方法对付强敌。比如当年被美军极端看不起的越共军队，就是用同样的方法对付美军的；上世纪阿富汗圣战者也是用同样的方法对付前苏联军队的。进入二十一世纪后，美国拼凑的所谓盟军在伊拉克战争和阿富汗战争中也都遭到了同样的命运。 The fundamental principle of asymmetric warfare is to strike where the enemy is weakest and avoid its strongholds, and to force the enemy to fight in our own way. If your enemy is Tyson, the famous boxer, don’t fight him in the ring, lure him to fight with you in your own game: play chess with him, for instance. Such is the case on battlefield. This is how the Vietcong forces, which were despised by the US forces, dealt with the US. This is also how the Afghanistan mujahidins dealt with the former Soviet Union. In the 21st century, the so-called Allied Forces led by the US were also faced with the same destiny in Iraq War and Afghanistan War. 由于美国现在是世界上唯一的超级大国，美国未来的对手将会更多地求助于不对称战争战而胜之。此类袭击最经典的例子莫过于2001年的“911”事件。19名信誓旦旦的袭击者手无寸铁，仅用裁纸刀制伏机组人员后便成功撞毁了纽约世界贸易中心，造成3000多人丧生。 Since US is the sole superpower in the world, their future opponents will increasingly resort to asymmetric warfare to defeat them. The most classic example is the 9/11 incident in 2001. 19 barehanded but determined terrorists subdued the crews with paper cutters and successfully crushed the World Trade Center in New York, and deprived the lives of more than 3,000.　　中国、俄罗斯和伊朗都拥有不