Afghanistan Quote by Rahm Emanuel

There are some ideas that will translate from Iraq to Afghanistan and there are many that will not. The first lesson of counterinsurgency, in…

— David Petraeus

“My personal position on counterinsurgency in general, and on Iraq and Afghanistan in particular, could therefore be summarized as "Never again, but..." That is,…

— David Kilcullen

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

— Barack Obama

We dont want another Iraq. We dont want another Afghanistan. Thats not the right course for us.

— Mitt Romney

I think we need to just be very clear about what we're trying to do in Afghanistan. Frankly, we're not trying to create the…

— David Cameron

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

— Jack Keane

For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands…

— Victor Davis Hanson

As you know, I did not support the United States' engagement in Iraq and have long had concerns about Afghanistan... But I obviously have…

— Kyrsten Sinema

I think the scale of the conflict [in Afghanistan] has dramatically changed in 2003. You're now facing a much more motivated, well-supported enemy. I…

— Khaled Hosseini

Ultimately, it's not our responsibility to turn Afghanistan into a 21st-century, vibrant, economic, liberal democracy with a little L. Our responsibility is to keep…

— Martha McSally

Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to…

— Hamid Karzai

In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that…

— Chris Van Hollen