Attack Quote by Tulsi Gabbard

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

When the United States first went into Afghanistan in 2001, it devastated the Taliban and Al Qaeda in a matter of weeks using only…

— Erik Prince

If al-Qaeda had not had a home in Afghanistan, maybe 9/11 would never have taken place. God forbid if al-Qaeda gets another strong foothold…

— Manmohan Singh

Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I thought…

— Gary Johnson

Our mission is to go after Al Qaeda, not the Taliban. Right now, they are in Pakistan, not Afghanistan. We should go after them…

— Max Cleland

There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.

— Barack Obama

I happen to be one of those in the antiwar part of things who actually supported Bill Clinton when he sent the cruise missiles…

— Robert Scheer

If the United States had not intervened in Afghanistan, then obviously, we would have then allowed the attacks of 9/11 to go unanswered. I…

— John McCain

Did we not aid the grisly Taliban to achieve and hold power? Yes indeed 'we' did. Well, does that not double or triple our…

— Christopher Hitchens

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

The Taliban, broadly speaking, are Afghans - farmers, subsistence farmers. As I say, most of those people can't find the United States on the…

— Rory Stewart

I'm saying 9/11 was to get us into Iraq and get us into Afghanistan.

— Jesse Ventura