#afghanistan

I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#enough #i #ruthlessly #think #waged

Instead, we did take our eye off the ball. We decided, instead of finishing the job in Afghanistan, to go into Iraq. And today, unfortunately, if you look at the situation on the ground, it is a mess. ↗

— Chris Van Hollen

#ball #decided #did #eye #finishing

McChrystal never should have been hired for this job given the outrageous cover-up he participated in after the friendly fire death of Pat Tillman. He was lucky to keep the job after his 'Seven Days in May' stunt in London last year when he openly lobbied and undercut the president on the surge. But with the latest sassing, and the continued Sisyphean nature of the surge he urged, McChrystal should offer his resignation. He should try subordination for a change. ↗

— Maureen Dowd

#friendly-fire #insubordination #london #obama #pat-tillman

Peace is not so much a political mandate as it is a shared state of consciousness that remains elevated and intact only to the degree that those who value it volunteer their existence as living examples of the same... Peace ends with the unraveling of individual hope and the emergence of the will to worship violence as a healer of private and social dis-ease. ↗

— Aberjhani

#inspiration #iraq #peace #philosophy #september-

We don't want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism. ↗

— John R. Allen

#again #al #becoming #down #facilitate

I mean Afghanistan is a very rugged, complicated country. ↗

— Barbara Bush

#complicated #country #i #mean #rugged

The men and women of Afghanistan are building a nation that is free, and proud, and fighting terror - and America is honored to be their friend. ↗

— George W. Bush

#america #building #fighting #free #friend

Now, I know there are many Americans who say, 'Get out of Afghanistan. Bring 'em all home.' And there are others who say, 'Put in hundreds of thousands of more.' ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#bring #get #home #hundreds #i

For me, it's an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I'm happy to go. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#ask #gitmo #go #happy #honor

Afghan society is very complex, and Afghanistan has a very complex culture. Part of the reason it has remained unknown is because of this complexity. ↗

— Mohsen Makhmalbaf

#afghanistan #because #complex #complexity #culture