Afghanistan Quotes - Page 17

• I'm trying to sum up President Obama's first 11 months in office. He gave billions to Wall Street, cracked down on illegal immigrants getting health care, and he's sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan. You know something, he may go down in history as our greatest Republican president ever.

  Jay Leno

  Wall, Office, Trying

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• Economics taught in most of the elite universities are practically useless in my context. My country [Afghanistan] is dominated by drug economy and a mafia; textbook economics does not work in my context.

  Ashraf Ghani

  Country, Motivation, Inspiration

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• We invaded Afghanistan to find bin Laden. We found him in Pakistan, and we're still in Afghanistan. We need better GPS.

  Andy Borowitz

  Gps, Needs, Pakistan

  FaceBook post by Andy Borowitz from Mar 11, 2012

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• Some conservatives are surprised to find people on the Left supporting the war in Afghanistan. It's not surprising at all...It is hard for the government to prosecute a war and not expand...Conservatives may think they can support war and oppose the expansion of the state, but that is like trying to square the circle. What makes them think they can contain the expansion?

  Sheldon Richman

  War, Thinking, Squares

  "Why everyone can be on the same side of war" by Sheldon Richman, www.sfgate.com. January 15, 2002.

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• Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?

  Joe Biden

  Doe, Dollars, Nuclear

  "Biden: An Inconvenient Truth Teller" by H. Bailey & E. Thomas, www.realclearpolitics.com. October 12, 2009.

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• I think the emancipation of women in Afghanistan has to come from inside, through Afghans themselves, gradually, over time.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Thinking, Emancipation

  "Khaled Hosseini, Kabul’s Splendid Son". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. May, 2009.

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• There isn't, even now, a great tradition of novel-writing in Afghanistan. Most of the literature is in the form of poetry.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Writing, Literature, Tradition

  Interview with James Mustich, www.csmonitor.com. November 24, 2008.

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• In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy; hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home.

  Jesse Jackson

  Home, Years, Democracy

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• I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

  George McGovern

  Promise, President, Troops

  "That Time George McGovern Hosted “SNL”…" by Asawin Suebsaeng, www.motherjones.com. October 22, 2012.

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• Most liberals I know were for invading Afghanistan right after 9/11.

  Michael Moore

  Knows, Invading

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• How could a guy sitting in a cave in Afghanistan, have... plotted so perfectly the hijacking of four planes and then guaranteed that three of them would end up precisely on their targets?

  Michael Moore

  Guy, Three, Target

  Michael Moore (2004). “Dude, Where's My Country?”, ePenguin

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• In his first term, President Barack Obama played a cautious manager navigating the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression and cleaning up the messes left by President George W. Bush in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  Kevin O'Leary

  Iraq, President, Firsts

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• Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and the war on terrorism have reduced the pace of military transformation and have revealed our lack of preparation for defensive and stability operations. This Administration has overextended our military.

  Barack Obama

  Military, War, Iraq

  Speech to the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, July 12, 2004.

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• It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly we can all agree protesting at military funerals is a cruel and unnecessary hardship on our military families during their most difficult hour.

  Solomon Ortiz

  Military, War, Iraq

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

  Rand Paul

  War, Iraq, Iraq War

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• The people who illegally cross into the country are from countries that have very close ties to al Qaeda, whether it's Yemen or Afghanistan, Pakistan, China. It is an absolute national disgrace.

  Rick Perry

  Country, Ties, People

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• Hurtling the Pentagon into an unprecedented budgetary meltdown is horrifically irresponsible. Obama doesn't care. This is war - not against the Taliban, but war against the GOP. He has Republicans on the ropes, and that's a victory he savors and desires - unlike Afghanistan, where he seems only to want to turn tail.

  John Podhoretz

  War, Victory, Desire

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• When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility.

  Colin Powell

  Country, Military, Responsibility

  "The Tavis Smiley Show" with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 11, 2012.

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• 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

  Doubt, United States, Helping

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• When I go to Afghanistan, I realize I've been spared, due to a random genetic lottery, by being born to people who had the means to get out. Every time I go to Afghanistan I am haunted by that.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Mean, People, Realizing

  "Khaled Hosseini: The Threads That Connect Us" by Khaled Hosseini, www.shelf-awareness.com.

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• I have defended the interests of France at the G8 in Washington; afterwards I was at Chicago to announce the withdrawal of French troops from Afghanistan; I have participated in two European summits, so I have fully respected the engagements I made to the French.

  Francois Hollande

  Two, Chicago, Troops

  "François Hollande calls a halt to marital hostilities on Bastille Day" by Kim Willsher, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2012.

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• "Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age" was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed OUT of the Stone Age.

  Christopher Hitchens

  Age, Doe, Stones

  "WAR ON TERROR: CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS on why peace-lovers must welcome this war". Christopher Hitchens, The Mirror, November 15, 2001.

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• I don't want to go and start trying to make jokes in places like India, Tanzania or Iraq. Afghanistan is not a funny place.

  Bill Bryson

  Iraq, Trying, India

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• Since the attack on the United States on September 11 2001, and the US retaliation in Afghanistan and Iraq, there must be few people who have not felt a twinge of nostalgia for the cold war.

  James Buchan

  War, Iraq, People

  "The superpowers' balance sheet". www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2006.

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• And the fact of the matter is there were thousands of people that went through those training camps in Afghanistan. We know they are seeking deadlier weapons - chemical, biological and nuclear weapons if they can get it.

  Dick Cheney

  People, Training, Nuclear

  "Meet the Press", www.nbcnews.com. September 14, 2003.

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