Afghanistan Quotes

But apart from the military measures, security measures, of course, Afghanistan needs great help for building up its social life, its economic life. It has become a very poor country, neglected for many years. Bulent Ecevit
Life Great Needs Country Building Become Military Neglected Security Security Measures Economic Economic Life Course Years Up Very Afghanistan Apart Social Poor Social Life Help Measures Many
I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States. Bulent Ecevit
Together Happy Experience Build Military Other Other Countries States Willing Would Would-Be Had Countries Forces Same Afghanistan Helping Military Forces United United States Suggested
The terrorist attacks of September 11th and the courageous actions of our armed forces in Afghanistan and Iraq remind us that friends of tyranny and enemies of freedom still exist. Carl Levin
Freedom Enemies Tyranny September Our Attacks Remind Armed Armed Forces Courageous Forces Terrorist Still Exist Iraq Friends Afghanistan Us September 11th Actions
As I found while leading special operations forces in Iraq and Afghanistan, if the problem is interconnected, your organization must be, as well. Chris Fussell
Problem Organization Must Leading Well Forces Operations Iraq Afghanistan Interconnected While Your Special Found
In fact, if you look upon the situation today, there is great division in the world and we have failed to capitalize on that unity to finish the job in Afghanistan and against al Qaeda. Chris Van Hollen
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I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged. Christopher Hitchens
War Think Enough Waged Afghanistan
I've always been fascinated with Navy SEALs in general and their role in Afghanistan in particular. Christopher McQuarrie
General Particular Always Been Role Afghanistan Seals Fascinated Navy
I have never believed you go to war in Iraq, you go to war in Afghanistan, and believe that you can deal with those battlefields, those countries, in microcosms, or narrow channels. Chuck Hagel
War You Believe Channels Those Never Countries Deal Narrow Go Iraq Afghanistan Believed
I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up. Clint Eastwood
Great Great Britain Troops Always Been Same Afghanistan Want Successful Token Britain
There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime. Condoleezza Rice
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Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people. Condoleezza Rice
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Barack Obama commits war crimes - Somalia, Yemen. He commits war crimes in Pakistan, Afghanistan. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to keep a spotlight on war crimes, to keep track of the innocents killed... There is a major clash. Cornel West
War King Innocents Crimes Obama Tried Clash Somalia Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr He Major Track Spotlight Yemen Afghanistan Barack Barack Obama Keep Pakistan Luther
The most successful cultural diplomacy strategy integrates people-to-people or arts/culture/media-to-people interactions into the basic business of diplomacy. The programs in Afghanistan, Egypt, and Iran all contribute to core goals of U.S. policy in those countries. Cynthia P. Schneider
Business Goals Diplomacy Strategy Programs Those Countries Most Policy Cultural Iran Contribute Afghanistan Egypt Interactions Successful Basic Core
My first assignment was 12 weeks in Afghanistan. After that, I covered the Indian election for two months. Then I got a phone call saying, 'Hey, we want you in Brazil,' and the same happened for Somalia. Daniel Berehulak
Saying You Phone Election First Brazil Hey Months Phone Call Indian Somalia Weeks Call Got Covered Same Afghanistan Want After Happened Then Assignment Two
Obama is making a choice now that will lead to the deaths of many thousands of civilians in Afghanistan by American hands. By ordinary standards of presidents, he is a decent man. But those standards aren't good enough. He's in a position either to kill or not to kill, and he's made the decision to kill. Daniel Ellsberg
Good Man Decision Will Made Enough Presidents Those Obama Thousands Civilians Lead He Making Deaths American Hands Afghanistan Decent Decent Man Ordinary Either Choice Standards Many Now Position
People who need therapy are in Afghanistan. They've seen horrible human cruelty and degradation, but they don't have time or the money for therapy. David Chase
Time People Money Seen Cruelty Degradation Horrible Afghanistan Human Who Therapy Need
The big risk to British lives in 2013 is in Afghanistan. Our troops, diplomats and aid workers have made a big contribution there. But while there is an end date for Western engagement, 2014, there isn't a proper end game. David Miliband
Game Made Big Aid Our Diplomats Proper Risk Date Troops Western End Contribution Afghanistan While Workers Engagement Lives British
We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaeda planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area, conducted the initial training for the attackers in training camps in Afghanistan before they moved on to Germany and then to U.S. flight schools. David Petraeus
Training Become Before Once Way Extremists Area Attacks Schools Does Camps Germany Afghanistan Moved Moved On Again Sanctuary Then Planned Transnational Flight Initial Al-Qaeda Here
I've been in a position before where a president has turned to me in the Oval Office in a difficult moment, without any pleasantries, and said, 'I'm asking you as your president and Commander in Chief to take command of the international security force in Afghanistan.' The only response can be, 'Yes, Mr. President.' David Petraeus
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I am not going to second-guess my old battlefield comrades from Iraq and Afghanistan; each has his own reason for what he has done. David Petraeus
Old Comrades Own Second-Guess Battlefield He Am His Iraq Done Going Afghanistan Reason Each
My time as editor has been overlapped by a crisis - a prolonged, labyrinthine, tragic, seemingly non-ending crisis - that involves the prehistory of 9/11, 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, fraught histories between the United States and almost everyone. David Remnick
Time Everyone States Prolonged Crisis Has-Been Fraught Seemingly My Time Almost Almost Everyone Between Involves Editor Been Iraq Tragic Histories Afghanistan Prehistory United United States
It will require a sustained military and financial commitment by the international community, working with the government of Afghanistan, to create the environment in which enduring democratic institutions can be established. Des Browne
Government Commitment Financial Will Community Military Environment Institutions Democratic Afghanistan Established Sustained Enduring Which Create Require Working International International Community
Any American who has spent time in Iraq or Afghanistan will tell you: the closer you get, the less certain you are of anything. If you are in Iraq, if you are in Afghanistan, everything is ambiguous. Everything is murky and gray and uncertain and possibly lethal. Dexter Filkins
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I think - I think the real nightmare place now is less Afghanistan than it is Pakistan. I mean, again, Pakistan is this gigantic country, deeply troubled, kind of almost ungovernable, sitting on top of probably 50 or 60 nuclear warheads. Nobody really knows where the warheads are; the Americans certainly don't know where they are. Dexter Filkins
Country Think Top Kind Gigantic Troubled Almost Nobody Know Knows Real Than American Sitting Afghanistan Where Place Again Mean Really Certainly Less Pakistan Now Deeply Nuclear Nuclear Warheads Nightmare
You could get a cheer by saying: 'Let's withdraw from Afghanistan', but I don't think that's where the public's at. It wouldn't be responsible. Ed Balls
Saying You Think Responsible Could Cheer Withdraw Get Afghanistan Where Public
I was no stranger to risk myself, having made documentaries in dangerous conditions in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Africa. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi
Myself Dangerous Made Risk Having Documentaries Kosovo Conditions Afghanistan Africa Stranger
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