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It was not he who sent troops into the credibility-sapping streets of Baghdad.

My comments:

Sap is the watery substance in a plant, without which the plant weakens and withers.

As a verb, is something saps, it weakens and loses power.

The credibility-sapping streets of Bagdad?

That means sending troops to Iraq leads to the gradual loss of American credibility in the world.

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本文僅代表作者本人觀點，與本網(wǎng)立場無關。歡迎大家討論學術問題，尊重他人，禁止人身攻擊和發(fā)布一切違反國家現(xiàn)行法律法規(guī)的內(nèi)容。

About the author:

Zhang Xin（張欣） has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.