but I suppose it's good in bringing these things to an end--

但我认为让这些都有了结是好事
for lots of Americans who fought over there,

对于很多曾经作战于此的美国人
and some of whom lost limbs over there,

和在战场上残肢断臂的人来说
to go back and to put at least closure

回到原点将过去埋葬有点怪
on all of that.

但并不稀奇
Pierre Mendès-France, who was the new socialist premier,

法国新上任的社会党总理皮埃尔·孟戴斯
succeeded in taking France out of the war in Vietnam;

成功地使法国脱离了越南的战争泥淖
and as you know he would be less successful in trying to convince the

你们知道如果他试图说服法国人民
French to drink milk as opposed to wine,

喝牛奶而抵制喝酒他不会如此成功
a hopeless task, and he without question became the

不可能完成的任务毫无疑问
most eminent French politician not to hold

他是法国最杰出的政治家
power as president in France.

而非滥用职权的法国总统