The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have been going into Syria, aircraft attacks, if you will, going into Syria, when the Russians said they were… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today. — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis. — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
Donald Trump has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything that I have done. If he had spent a minute in… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission. — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
Al Qaeda has significance beyond its numbers, frankly. And so for us, our 24-hour-a-day objective is to seek out those al Qaeda cells. And,… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
