#afghan

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

— Christopher Hitchens

#enough #i #ruthlessly #think #waged

We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were. ↗

— Brit Hume

#already #away #because #big #big difference

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

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

Our neighbor Canada has 2,200 troops serving in Afghanistan. Canada has also assumed responsibility for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar, which was originally established by our own military. ↗

— Tom Lantos

#also #assumed #canada #established #military

I am now concerned with women's issues in a different way: women from Afghanistan, from Cambodia. ↗

— Emma Bonino

#am #cambodia #concerned #different #different way

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back. ↗

— Hillary Clinton

#back #clear #people #taliban #very

It's always a mistake for writers to key their submissions to world events, because they move so quickly and unpredictably, as has certainly proven the case in Afghanistan. ↗

— Richard Curtis

#always #because #case #certainly #events

Certainly the existence of these huge nuclear force was important for the ultimate confrontation, let's say, over western Europe. You just can't use them to deal with a situation like Afghanistan. ↗

— Lloyd Cutler

#certainly #confrontation #deal #europe #existence

The brave and capable women who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have performed admirably. ↗

— Susan Davis

#brave #capable #iraq #performed #served