Achieve Quote by Peter Bergen

Bin Laden's role in the war against the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s had made him a hero around the Middle East.

— Peter Bergen

Afghanistan is where much of the al Qaeda journey began. It is the main site where Osama bin Laden, Mullah Omar and their cohort…

— Jack Keane

Osama bin Laden fervently hoped that attacking the United States would create pressure on American leaders to reduce their support for Middle Eastern regimes.…

— Peter Bergen

Afghanistan is ideally suited for guerrilla warfare, as the Soviets discovered in the 1980s.

— John Mearsheimer

Bin Laden was constantly revolving in his mind the fact that he had got rid of the Russians; therefore, the Americans can be got…

— Robert Fisk

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

— Jack Keane

When Bush had an opportunity to capture or kill bin Laden, he took his focus off of him, outsourced the job to Afghan warlords…

— Senator John Kerry

Look what happened with regard to our invasion into Afghanistan, how we apparently intentionally let bin Laden get away. That was done by the…

— Maurice Hinchey

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the…

— Sebastian Junger

The goal in Afghanistan is to find the terrorists and take them out.

— Bob Barr

You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden…

— Bill Nelson

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.

— Michael Hastings