American Quote by Peter Bergen

The Iraq War has thrown such a heavy shadow on Afghanistan that you can't hardly get any news about that now. I went to…

— Toby Keith

The hasty withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq in 2011 has proven to be a disaster, and we cannot repeat that mistake in Afghanistan.

— Mike Johnson

The U.S. must continue to carefully withdraw troops from Afghanistan at a pace based on assessment of the ground conditions so we do not…

— Brian Schatz

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

The future of Afghanistan is incredibly dark, and decisions are happening incredibly quickly. Speculation is a fool's game, but I've seen many political projections…

— Eliza Griswold

We're probably going to see some post-2014 military presence - some U.S. presence and a NATO presence - and while we've got much work…

— John R. Allen

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched…

— Liam Fox

The war in Afghanistan is underreported.

— Anderson Cooper

I'm not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.

— Barack Obama

The high probability is if American forces withdraw from Afghanistan and if no alternative international arrangement is made that then the historic contests between…

— Henry Kissinger

There is a difference between a military mission and the aspiration for the long-term plans for the country. What we want is a stable…

— Liam Fox

Afghanistan remains an opportunity to deal al Qaeda a vital strategic blow, especially since we have abandoned all operations - including counterterrorism operations -…

— Jack Keane