We are not America. We are Afghanistan..
We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy..
Now, here we are, and we have Obama in office, and he has drawn down forces in Iraq - which is a plan that was on Bush's desk the day that he left of….
Without U.S. troops, Afghanistan, like Iraq, could descend into chaos..
You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan..
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..
The goal in Afghanistan is to find the terrorists and take them out..
I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan..
There's an 800 kilometer border between Iran and Afghanistan..
The legal system in Afghanistan is very immature and porous..
But also, there are no films being made about Afghanistan..
We don't have this huge footprint, we are less likely to be targeted as, you know, occupiers [in Afghanistan and Iraq]..
The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan..
A day in Afghanistan is like a week at home..
You have been in Afghanistan I perceive..
If I could go to Kabul and not die, I would go back to Afghanistan as soon as I could. And, that was the most interesting place that I've been to..
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 thousan….
I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can..
To leave Afghanistan as a playground for terrorists and adventurers was simply not possible anymore..
Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be p….
Afghanistan will be a brother of Pakistan. Afghanistan will never betray a brother.