Action Quote by Jimmy Carter

I thought that in general we in the United States were too optimistic in believing that the Soviets might alter what had been for…

— Anonymous

You thought the war in Afghanistan was OK. You know, I mean, you thought that was something worth doing. We didn't check with the…

— Clint Eastwood

I think the changes that have happened, there have been come positive, but by and large, you have to say the changes have been…

— Khaled Hosseini

The blow back from the cold war is that a weakened Russia allowed Afghanistan to become a failed state, and then all this weaponry…

— Jon Stewart

Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war in Afghanistan, unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I think that right now the West understands Russia better than before and feels a much greater wariness toward it. I think that, if…

— Vladimir Voinovich

It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the…

— Sergei Ivanov

It is clear that while our Army was engaged in Afghanistan and Iraq, Russia studied U.S. capabilities and vulnerabilities and embarked on an ambitious…

— H. R. McMaster

I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported enemy. I…

— Khaled Hosseini

I think in the policies that have been followed since the president Donald Trump came into office, there really hasn't been any slack cut…

— Robert M. Gates

The Russians are bent on world dominance, and they are rapidly acquiring the means to become the most powerful imperial nation the world has…

— Margaret Thatcher

At no time in the past, now or in the future has or will Russia take any part in actions aimed at overthrowing the…

— Vladimir Putin