Barnes, it goes without saying, is a much-decorated veteran of English literature's emotional battlefields, one who has covered this terrain many times before.

巴恩斯无疑是英语文学情感战场中经验丰富的资深老兵，并且数次在这个战场上留下深深的足迹。

And why doesn't Barack Obama pick Chuck Hagel, a Nebraska Republican and decorated Vietnam war veteran who has been one of the loudest critics of the Iraq war?

还有，奥巴马先生为什么不选查克·黑格尔，这位作为受勋越战退伍军人而对伊拉克战争大加批判的内布拉斯加州共和党人呢？