American media has just become talk radio, incredibly partisan name-calling and op-eds. I think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan proved it… — Shane Smith Copy Share Image
There [in Afghanistan] is also a growing insurgency threat from al-Qaida, the Taliban and other extremist elements, some of which comes from… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
Since January 2002, when the United States began detaining at Guantanamo Bay enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other fronts in… — Linda Chavez Copy Share Image
I think indeed our response on counterinsurgency needs to be finely tuned to the needs of Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. We… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
But we have achieved at least two important things. Afghanistan is no longer a safe haven for international terrorists. We have a… — Jens Stoltenberg Copy Share Image
I think what happened with 9/11 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Because of you, in Afghanistan we've broken the momentum of the Taliban. Because of you, we've begun a transition to the Afghans… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country,… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
It will take time to eradicate a cancer like Isil. And any time we take military action, there are risks involved -… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Afghanistan's winters in the north are legendarily harsh, and southern Afghanistan, by contrast, is bleak desert. These difficulties are compounded by the… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
After the war in Afghanistan, Anna [Wintour, editor of Vogue], deciding to save the world one hair-roller at a time, thought the… — Myrna Blyth Copy Share Image
I found incredible kindness, dignity and hospitality in both Iraq and Afghanistan - am only alive because of it - the most… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
When girls in Canada dream about becoming members of parliament, they have a pretty good expectation that parliament is going to be… — Deborah Ellis Copy Share Image
The problem is, you have to look at Afghanistan also in a global context where we've canceled basically our missile defense system… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
When you go and you tour Europe, or you go and you tour Egypt, or you go and you tour Iraq, or… — Juan Enriquez Copy Share Image
The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
There is Pakistan's relationship with Afghanistan which will also be a very tricky issue in the coming years. Then there is a… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
One only has to look at the debacle that has unfolded in Iraq after the withdrawal of U.S. troops at the end… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
With our mad lust for Uniformity and a Higher Standard of Living and Expanding Markets, we go to a country like Afghanistan… — Dervla Murphy Copy Share Image
The question in their minds was, why did the outside world, and particularly the Western world, produce all these landmines, and send… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
The humanitarian argument is so selective I find it difficult to swallow. It's not even so much about the choice as to… — Michael Hastings Copy Share Image
Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
Obviously what I think Senator [John] Kerry was pointing to, which is absolutely correct, which is the essential part of the strategy… — Rahm Emanuel Copy Share Image
The Syrian border town of Qa'im was the main gateway Islamic radicals used to go to Iraq. Syria became the passageway for… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
I feel most empires fell when they started to act human, but then look at Russia. They kept a pretty strong hand,… — Colin Quinn Copy Share Image
We're interested in it because it would provide a land bridge up to Uzbekistan, which provides us, among other things, a humanitarian… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
“Honestly, I had no idea how to respond. My senior year of college I’d taken a seminar titled Public Education: Situations and… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
Never underestimate the ability of political leaders to misread history on a monumental scale. The invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan have both… — Martin Jacques Copy Share Image
I think it was fully justified after 9/11 to initiate a military action against Afghanistan, because we hoped to create a democracy,… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
If the Taliban comes back to power, the impact would be devastating. A country that has made great strides, in terms of… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
Australia is this former British colony at the foot of Asia. We've been involved - we've been in lockstep with America in… — Richard Glover Copy Share Image
When I read about women living under the Taliban, I really wanted to travel there and see for myself: Is it that… — Lynsey Addario Copy Share Image
In all the debate about Afghanistan, we don't hear much about our obligation to the wretched lives of Afghan women. They are… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
There are no barriers to entries. Think of this as Linux in terms of software. Anyone can have part of the operating… — Paul Gigot Copy Share Image
“When I come back from Afghanistan, I don’t want you here. I don’t …” He paused and took a deep breath. “I’ve… — Kate McCarthy Copy Share Image
Let's take Pravda in the 1980s. I mean you could have read things in Pravda saying that it was a stupid error… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In Afghanistan you are not rebuilding, you are building. There is very limited infrastructure and extreme terrain, with deserts in the south… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
What bin Laden had hoped to achieve in Afghanistan in the post-9/11 period, which was to drag the United States into a… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
What happened to those men and women at Fort Hood had a horrible symbolism: Members of the best trained, best equipped fighting… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
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