Afghanistan Quote by Colin Powell

In the years immediately following 9/11, our focus was on the foreign terrorist who sought to harm us within our borders and threaten our…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

“When we went after the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, there was a certain understanding that we had the ability and the right to…

— Jeremy Scahill

The Taliban didn't attack us on 9/11 - Al-Qaeda did. That's why I and other people joined the military - to go after Al…

— Tulsi Gabbard

We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against al-Qaida We…

— Colin Powell

I've dealt with the Taliban and al Qaeda.

— Richard Ojeda

Al Qaeda will always focus on us, the United States. And they will take advantage of any situation.

— Dutch Ruppersberger

Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I thought…

— Gary Johnson

I was distressed that after 9/11, when the United States was attacked by terrorists, the United States' response was to attack Afghanistan, where some…

— Alice Walker

I was on the front lines in the Cold War, and I was on the front lines in the fight against Al Qaeda.

— Gina Haspel

I would also add that Al Qaeda was dumb.

— James Mattis

My focus on 9/11 was on the victims - in the towers, in the planes - and all that loss.

— Kiefer Sutherland

Well, our position, and our chairman has talked about this extensively, is that we had a lot of intelligence prior to 9/11. We knew…

— Richard Ben-Veniste