OK, so it sounds like the United States would like to avoid a full-scale shooting war.

好吧，听起来美国想要避免一场全面的真枪实弹的战争。

" which was in the middle of the Cold War " with the Soviet Union and a shooting war in Vietnam.

“当时正处于冷战中期”与苏联和越南的一场枪战。

But on the ground, do you think this really translates for hope to a war that can be won, or for a shooting war that might subside and become … something else?

但实际上，你认为这真的意味着希望可以转化为一场可以获胜的战争，还是意味着一场可能平息并变成… … 其他东西的战争？