Afghanistan Quote by Douglas Hurd

To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore.

— Lakhdar Brahimi

For us, the idea was not to get involved more than necessary in the fight against the Russians, which was the business of the…

— Osama bin Laden

In the years leading up to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, thinking about defense was driven by ideas that regarded successful military operations…

— H. R. McMaster

Military surge in Afghanistan to eliminate the Taliban.

— Barack Obama

Afghanistan is ideally suited for guerrilla warfare, as the Soviets discovered in the 1980s.

— John Mearsheimer

I think it was Osama bin Laden's [idea to start a pre-emptive war in Iraq].

— Karl Rove

It's the role of a government to defend its soldiers and its citizens.

— Ehud Barak

I'm from a generation of Iraq and Afghanistan. Our battleground was where we learned. It's not like the old generation where they used to…

— Ant Middleton

It's what the Taliban does in Afghanistan, it's what gets done in the Middle East, and it's clearly something that certain mainly conservative groups…

— Anna Quindlen

It is the job of our military to protect America and to hunt down and kill those who would threaten to murder Americans.

— Ted Cruz

We didn't do anything wrong, but among the lessons learned, given the magnitude of the problems we now face in Afghanistan, a major U.S.…

— Alexander Haig

The purpose of our military is to field the finest troops possible to defend our nation and win wars.

— Phyllis Schlafly