Afghanistan Quote by Mark Danner

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

I think indeed our response on counterinsurgency needs to be finely tuned to the needs of Afghanistan. This is not Iraq. We don't have…

— Rahm Emanuel

The 9/11 attack was symbolic. It was not designed to cripple us economically or militarily, at least not directly. It was designed to provoke…

— Bret Weinstein

I don't believe we are, because I believe that just as 9/11 was an attack on a very populous area, terrorism also looks to…

— Bob Wise

The 9/11 attack itself played out around the world, with planning meetings in Malaysia, operatives taking flight lessons in the United States, coordination by…

— Peter Bergen

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that…

— Michael Mullen

Offensive operations and hunting down the enemy is an integral part of any counterinsurgency approach.

— H. R. McMaster

Just in time for the renewal of the war debate in Congress, the University of Chicago Press has released The U.S. Army / Marine…

— David L. Ulin

Netanyahu and his coalition have no strategy of their own except endless counterinsurgency against the backdrop of a steadily deteriorating diplomatic position within the…

— Jonathan Chait

Faced with the collapse of Iraq into something like Lebanon - or worse, Somalia - the Bush administration opted for a new counterinsurgency strategy.…

— Noah Feldman

I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

— Rahm Emanuel

Military leaders, many of whom were students of counterinsurgency, recognized the dangers of an incremental escalation and the historical lesson that 'trailing' an insurgency…

— Stanley A. McChrystal