From the War for Independence to today in Iraq and Afghanistan, I am inspired by the courage, professionalism and patriotism of our… — Tim Ryan Copy Share Image
Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a… — Rory Stewart Copy Share Image
Many soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer from serious, long-term, physical and mental health problems, due to their service. It is… — Mark Dayton Copy Share Image
I always get very fit if I'm going away filming for two months in Afghanistan or wherever. — Ross Kemp Copy Share Image
During one of my treks through Afghanistan, we lost our corkscrew. We were compelled to live on food and water for several… — W. C. Fields Copy Share Image
The New York Times will tell you what is going on in Afghanistan or the Horn of Africa. But it is no… — Edwin Diamond Copy Share Image
'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work.… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The rules of engagement when I was in Afghanistan were very flexible. When you're at war, you're at war. — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
The Biden administration withdrew U.S. troops from Afghanistan without a strategy to ensure stability in the region. — Young Kim Copy Share Image
I know you're still young but I want you to understand and learn this now. Marriage can wait, education cannot. You're a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
I went out to cover the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan fundamentally [in Buzzing at the Sill] because I was interested in… — Peter van Agtmael Copy Share Image
The fact that there are no longer large units of Al Qaeda running around means you don't need B-52s. You need intelligence… — Ahmed Rashid Copy Share Image
“In total this journey will take five flights and fifty-five hours, but in reality it began four decades and two generations ago… — Tucker Elliot Copy Share Image
I think all of us who have been in Afghanistan on the ground multiple times know that what we're doing there on… — Bob Corker Copy Share Image
Military technologies such as Drones, SWAT vehicles and machine-gun-equipped armored trucks once used exclusively in high-intensity war zones such as Iraq and… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
[Chelsea] Manning leaked more than 700,000 classified files and videos to WikiLeaks about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and U.S. foreign… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
the sad end he met in Afghanistan was more accurately a function of his stubborn idealism--his insistence on trying to do the… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
US forces have been increased [in Afghanistan ] from some 21,000 to about 31,000 over the past two years and a number… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug… — Anders Fogh Rasmussen Copy Share Image
NATO is in our national security interests. And, yes, we pay a lot for it, but, when we had Afghanistan, NATO troops… — James Franklin Jeffrey Copy Share Image
We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and… — Jack Reed Copy Share Image