#afghanistan

I think the central mission in Afghanistan right now is to protect the people, certainly, and that would be inclusive of everybody, and that in a, in an insurgency and a counterinsurgency, that's really the center of gravity. ↗

— Michael Mullen

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The mission - the overall mission is to dismantle and defeat and disrupt al-Qaeda. But we have to make sure there's not a safe haven that returns in Afghanistan. ↗

— Michael Mullen

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You would have thought that after 9/11 the president would have finished the job in Afghanistan, and kept the focus on capturing Bin Laden and his al-Qaeda deputies, but he and his team gave top priority to their original plan to invade Iraq. ↗

— Bill Nelson

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We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny. ↗

— Mohammed Omar

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The war being fought in Afghanistan and Iraq is bringing about a fundamental change to the environment that has given rise and power to the extremists who export terrorism. ↗

— Craig L. Thomas

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I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan. ↗

— Rand Paul

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We can't stay in Afghanistan forever. ↗

— James F. Amos

#forever #stay

Perhaps we underestimated the challenges in Afghanistan in the past. That's why we are now strengthening and intensifying our commitment. ↗

— Anders Fogh Rasmussen

#challenges #commitment #in the past #now #our

I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can. ↗