““When we went after the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, there was a certain understanding that we had the ability and the right to defend ourselves. And the fact that al Qaida had been harbored by the Taliban was lagitimate. I think when we make the decision to go into Iraq, that was less legitimate with many of the observers. And so while there was certainly a certain resource strain and reduction in the ability of just our attention in multiple places, I think it was more important that much of the Muslim world now questiones what we were doing, and we lost some of the support that I think would have been helpful longer term.””
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![“I believe that we [Americans] are making more new enemies than we are killing terrorists at this point, and I think it's time that we stepped back from this aggressive assertion that we can just go to any country and conduct lethal operations.” quote by Jeremy Scahill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cce/jeremy-scahill-24616_aggressive_i-believe-that-we-americans-are-making-m_1270835.jpg)
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