His boldest campaign pledge, in some ways, was to get American troops out of Iraq within 16 months, but that hardly seems today like the radical proposal it seemed a year ago.

• 在某种程度上说，他竞选时做出的最大胆的承诺是16个月内从伊拉克撤军，但如今，这个提议已经不像一年前显得那么激进了。