Afghanistan Quote by Michael Scheuer

We must either reduce the number of our engagements or increase the number of our troops.

— Adam Schiff

We have to have a conversation about whether Obama's plan to increase spending to occupy Afghanistan helps make America a safer country, or not.…

— Grover Norquist

US forces have been increased [in Afghanistan ] from some 21,000 to about 31,000 over the past two years and a number of coalition…

— David Petraeus

The big issue is whether the United States will succeed in its venture of reshaping the Middle East. It is not clear to me…

— Milton Friedman

This is a major strategic challenge affecting not only our military, but ultimately, America's leadership in the global world order, we are at a…

— Martin Dempsey

We're in danger of breaking our army and preventing our national leaders from having the flexibility to confront not just Iraq and Afghanistan, but…

— Jack Reed

The [next] priority for change the first element of a new politics for the United States is in our policy toward the world. Too…

— Robert Kennedy

If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect for America's…

— Zbigniew Brzezinski

I don't agree that you need an enormous number of American troops. Saddam's army is down to one-third than it was before, and I…

— Kenneth Adelman

I see the war problem as an economic problem, a business problem, a cultural problem, an educational problem - everything but a military problem.…

— Andrew Young

Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation…

— Barack Obama

Tonight, I can announce that over the next year, another 34,000 American troops will come home from Afghanistan. By the end of next year,…

— Barack Obama