13-18 2008-2 Al Qaeda

THE FIGHT WE ARE IN NOW

LARRY KAPLOW

Capt. Neil Hollenbeck declines to second-guess whether America should have invaded Iraq. What he will say is this: “The reason we invaded Iraq to begin with and the reason we’re fighting now are different. We’re fighting different enemies now.“ He pauses to think. “The threat we’re fighting now is instability and terrorism.” Another pause. “The fight that we are in now is not one of our choosing. It’s just one we’re choosing not to walk away from.” Questions of winning and losing are above his rank, he adds, although he thinks a stable Iraq, with a government that can grow into its responsibilities, is “obtainable.”

That’s why he’s here, hunting down the last Al Qaeda in Iraq fighters in the rural Arab Jabour district, south of Baghdad. Hollenbeck and his troops live in an abandoned farmhouse with no running water or electricity, only a generator to run their radios and a light or two. He doesn’t mind roughing it; that’s part of the strategy. The main thing is to protect the people: you have to live among them, not on heavily fortified bases, as Gen. David Petraeus’s counterinsurgency manual says. When the book first came out, Hollenbeck was at Fort Benning, taking classes in conventional warfare between deployments to Iraq. He remembers how good it felt to read something that actually applied to the unconventional conflict he had seen in Iraq.

In these croplands and orchards along the Tigris, the war is less about good and evil than about managing ambiguities (although the “wanted” list at the farmhouse is headed “Bad Dudes”). “As a counterinsurgent, you’re winning when more and more of the people in the middle are leaning to you.” Hollenbeck’s father, an Army Ranger officer, saw close-up how Vietnam turned into a disaster. Compared to that war, Iraq these days is looking good.

(NEWSWEEK, MARCH, 2008)

Questão 13
De acordo com o texto, Hollenbeck afirma que:
A a razão inicial para invadir o Iraque é exatamente a mesma daquela pela qual eles estão lutando agora.
B não há razão para continuar com a invasão do Iraque agora.
C a razão inicial para invadir o Iraque é diferente da razão de agora.
D ainda existem várias razões para continuar com a invasão do Iraque.
E a única razão para continuar com a invasão do Iraque é a instabilidade.

Questão 14
Segundo o texto, “Hollenbeck”
A não se importa de viver sem conforto; isto é parte da estratégia.
B não consegue viver sem conforto, embora isto seja parte da estratégia.
C não cede à condição de viver confortavelmente, ainda que isto seja parte da estratégia.
D não admite o fato de viver sem conforto porque isto não é parte da estratégia.
E abre mão de viver confortavelmente, embora isto não seja parte da estratégia.

Questão 15
Assinale a alternativa na qual a palavra “to” desempenha a mesma função encontrada em “...Hollenbeck declines to second-guess whether...”

A He pauses to think.
B The main thing is to protect the people.
C You have to live among them.
D He remembers how good it felt to read something that actually applied…
E Compared to that war, Iraq these days is looking good.

Questão 16
Marque a alternativa que contempla a voz passiva da frase “We’re fighting different enemies now. ”
A Different enemies are being fighted now.
B Different enemies are being fought now.
C Different enemies are fighted now.
D Different enemies have been fought now.
E Different enemies have been fighted now.

Questão 17
Escolha a alternativa da qual se origina a construção “Hollenbeck’s father”
A The father of the Hollenbeck.
B Father of the Hollenbeck.
C Father of Hollenbeck.
D The father of Hollenbeck.
E The father Hollenbeck.

Questão 18
Escolha a alternativa cujo verbo emprega o sufixo – ing de forma diferente daquela usada em “fighting”.
A choosing.
B looking.
C leaning.
D roughing.
E hunting.

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