But sometimes he had a tendency to pick people whom he liked a lot but were totally unqualified, military commanders who weren't very good.

但有时他倾向于选择,他很喜欢但完全不合格的人,例如不很得力的军事指挥者

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I know that may seem like a surprising thing to say when I've just sort of gone on my little gleeful amount about how I'm going to fail all of you, but it's worth my saying you guys are so smart.

我知道这说起来很奇怪,当我有些幸灾乐祸的说,关于我怎么让你们全部不合格，但是这值得我说你们聪明非常。

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