Champions Quote by Stephen Kinzer

If history is any guide, most Afghans would oppose an American invasion and fight the foreign occupiers, probably with substantial help from 'freedom fighters'…

— John Mearsheimer

Afghans excel at fighting Afghans. This is what Afghans do, even when they are not being invaded by foreign powers. They fight each other,…

— Phyllis Chesler

Afghanistan is just one of those countries that no group can conquer. It's so challenging to live, and the people are so close among…

— Bill Murray

The majority of Afghans do not see the Americans as foreign occupiers who must be defeated. Instead, they are hungry for the Americans to…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

It is painful to talk about it, but even with its 110,000 elite soldiers, the Soviet Union never managed to gain control over the…

— Sergei Ivanov

Certainly Afghans in general and women in particular want a country in which security is a daily reality rather than a campaign slogan or…

— Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

— Leon Panetta

What is common among all of these groups [Taliban, Islamic State etc.] is the intent to destroy. The majority of terrorists who come to…

— Ashraf Ghani

“because Afghanistan is no country to fight a war in – and an impossible one to hold if you win.”

— M.M. Kaye

Without U.S. forces in the country, there is a strong possibility Afghanistan could host a reinvigorated Taliban allied to a reinvigorated al Qaeda.

— Peter Bergen

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying…

— Condoleezza Rice

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

— Barack Obama