#English #英語学習 I'm going to use this as a teachable moment. There's a website with a fat headline about Gen. Milley rebuking various presidential primary candidates by saying the US is an important national interest. They, said vital.
They are not the same thing. 1/
They are not the same thing. 1/
Vital US national interests are part of the traditional "tests" that generals and presidents have stated, or have been said to have, for committing US troops to combat. No literate person passingly familiar with these issues should be unfamiliar with the use of "vital"... 2/
The below is an example I found of use of "vital" national interests. 3/
airandspaceforces.com/article/0104ke…
airandspaceforces.com/article/0104ke…
If, for instance, Gov. Ron DeSantis says Ukraine is not a vital national interest, and Gen. Milley says it's an important national interest, that's NOT a rebuke because it's not the same language. One is saying "no blank check - no US troops on the ground"... yeah? 4/
You know who else is opposed to US troops on the ground? President Joe Biden. Some rebuke. But, saying Ukraine is an "important" national interest says "It's well worth sending weapons and other aid." Agree or disagree with that, this is the English comprehension angle. 5/
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