American Quote by Erik Prince

When I arrived in the summer of 2009 to command the war in Afghanistan, I entered an effort that was failing. Many Afghans, some…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

We don't see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and it's a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan,…

— John R. Allen

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

There's a sense of desperation in Afghanistan because of the lack of funding and the fact that the U.S. only has a one-track military…

— Ahmed Rashid

Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of…

— Bob Ainsworth

Since Bin Laden's death, many Americans have decided that our job in Afghanistan is done. They see a victory in the counterterrorism campaign, and…

— Eric Greitens

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment.

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

To me, what success looks like is not to believe that Afghanistan can become a unified, Western-style democracy with a developed-country economy just yet.…

— Pete Buttigieg

I believed Afghanistan was always going to be hard. It's the fifth poorest country in the world. And when you fly over it, you…

— Condoleezza Rice

We could do good things in Afghanistan for the next 100 years and fail.

— Stanley A. McChrystal

The Afghan security forces will always have the help of the U.S. American military to ensure that Afghanistan never fails.

— Lindsey Graham

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

— Clint Eastwood