"Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent……" — Zbigniew Brzezinski
"Regret what? That secret operation was an excellent idea. It had the effect of drawing the Russians into the Afghan trap and you want me to regret it? The day that the Soviets officially crossed the border, I wrote to President Carter. We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war. Indeed, for almost 10 years, Moscow had to carry on a war unsupportable by the government, a conflict that brought about the demoralization and finally the breakup of the Soviet empire."
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Zbigniew Brzezinski
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I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different…
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— Unknown Author
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They [U.S. soldiers] are also building schools for the Afghan children so that there is hope and opportunity in our…
— Sarah Palin
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In a way, both the U.S. media and those wacky rioters in the Afghan-Pakistani hinterlands are very similar, two highly…
— Mark Steyn
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Do we really think that the United States will have the protection of innocent Afghans in mind if it rains…
— George Lakoff
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As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
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