drawn-out war 持久戰

drawn-out war
繁：持久戰
简：持久战

报道说，布什政府”巧妙地展开了推翻塔利班政权的活动”，但”在伊拉克对武装分子的持久战进一步刺激了中东民意，并未增强美国的安全”。

美媒体报道9·11对世界的影响（2006年9月11日）。BBC 中文网，取自 http://news.bbc.co.uk/chinese/simp/hi/newsid_5330000/newsid_5335000/5335080.stm

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak today predicted that a drawn-out war in Iraq could create “a hundred bin Ladens.”

Iraq War Raises Suspicion of New ‘Crusade’. (2003, August 15). ABC News. Retrieved from http://abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=79573

Whatever its actual motivations, why would the United States lead NATO into a long, drawn-out war with no guarantee of fulfilling its objectives, given the real political risks involved?

The US War on Yugoslavia: Ten Years Later. (1999, April 15). Huffington Post. Retrieved from http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/the-us-war-on-yugoslavia_b_211172.html