Afghanistan Quote by Richard Engel

The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan.

— Nancy Pelosi

The war on terror, sometimes known as the 'Global War on Terror' or by the clunky acronym GWOT, became the lens through which the…

— Peter Bergen

You know, terrorism in Afghanistan had everything to do with the support for the mujahidin by Saudi Arabia and by the CIA that sought…

— Jill Stein

Mr. Speaker, I agree with those who say that the Global War on Terrorism is actually a Global War of Ideas and that terrorism…

— Mac Thornberry

There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.

— John R. Allen

After the invasion of Afghanistan, when the focus suddenly turned toward Iraq, I suddenly thought, 'What on earth had Iraq got to do with…

— Katharine Gun

At the end of the day, Iraq was a part of the fight against terrorism.

— Haider al-Abadi

The Bush administration's approach to the war on terror collided badly with another of its doctrines, spreading democracy in the Middle East as a…

— Peter Bergen

“Within a few short, dramatic months Afghanistan had been catapulted into the centre of the intensified Cold War between the Soviet Union and the…

— Ahmed Rashid

Afghanistan was not the 'Good War' - it's just that it wasn't quite as bad as Iraq. War with Iran would be worse than…

— Jake Auchincloss

In fact if you look at Reagan's global war on terrorism it very quickly turned into a massive terrorist war: [by us] Central America,…

— Noam Chomsky

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we…

— Paul Wolfowitz