Announcing Quote by Mitt Romney

A key flaw of the Obama administration's approach to Afghanistan has been constantly announcing proposed withdrawal dates for U.S. forces, which has enabled the…

— Peter Bergen

There was expectations that the fights there, the operation there might be extended for several months, even for several years. But within a few…

— Bulent Ecevit

And the narrative for the Taliban that they can wait us out is a flawed narrative. I think that the unambiguous international support for…

— John R. Allen

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

— Hillary Clinton

When the Taliban captured Kabul in 1996 after a searing, four-year civil war, they immediately instituted laws which fit their utopic vision of the…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.

— Hamid Karzai

And as a result of the United States military, Taliban no longer is in existence.

— George W. Bush

I believe there should be no arbitrary date set for withdrawal and yet no permanent, unending deployment. No cut and run, yet measured progress…

— Rick Renzi

Talking to the Taliban is a process the Afghans have to manage. It is their country.

— Philip Hammond

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

— David Petraeus

Our military commanders have said over and over again that a timetable for withdrawal sends the wrong message to our troops, but more importantly…

— Bill Shuster

You know, if I were an - if I were a Taliban, I'd say, 'What did al-Qaida ever do for me except get me…

— Robert M. Gates