the shocking attack in kabul adds to the gathering impression that afghanistan is an irredeemable mess.
令人震惊的喀布尔袭击事件更加加深了人们对阿富汗共有的印象,即阿富汗是个不可挽回的混势。
indeed the two aims may be beginning to elide. the politics are not irredeemable (see article).
诚然,这两个目标正变得遥不可及,然而政局却并非无可挽回。
ultimately, though, it was the fact that he channelled popular disdain for the political class—and portrayed his two rivals as irredeemable fixtures of it—that stole the show.