Quotes with afghanistan

  • 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.
  • Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.

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  • Bruce Cockburn 'Each One Lost' I wrote the day after I got home. My week in Afghanistan was a very short trip, but it was a powerful experience.
    Bruce Cockburn
    Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (1945 - )
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  • Ben Nelson A democratic and stable Iraq and Afghanistan are essential to our broader efforts to make no place safe for terrorists and to win the War on Terrorism.
    Ben Nelson
    American politician, businessman and lawyer (1941 - )
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  • Barbara Lee As the daughter of a 25-year veteran of the armed forces, I am incredibly thankful for the sacrifices our women and men have made in Iraq, and continue to make in Afghanistan.
    Barbara Lee
    American politician (1946 - )
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  • Ben Shapiro During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam fell to the Communists, the Russians moved into Afghanistan, and American influence around the globe waned dramatically.
    Ben Shapiro
    American conservative political commentator and attorney (1984 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Bob Graham Gen. Tommy Franks told me the war was being compromised as specialized personnel and equipment were being shifted from Afghanistan to prepare for the war in Iraq - a war more than a year away.
    Bob Graham
    American politician and author (1936 - )
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  • Burton Rascoe I felt exactly like the man in the advertisement who has not devoted fifteen minutes a day to the study of the classics. If only (I thought) I had devoted fifteen minutes a day to the cultivation of the aesthetic attitude! I could bound Afghanistan.
    Source: Contemporary Reminiscences in Arts & Decoration, Vol. 26 (1927)
    Burton Rascoe
     
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  • Alcee Hastings If today is anything like the typical day of the past 3 years, three American soldiers will die in Iraq or Afghanistan, the Taliban will get a little stronger in Afghanistan and the civil war will continue to be enhanced in Iraq.
    Alcee Hastings
    American politician (1936 - )
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  • Alex Cox It's interesting actually, what's gone on with that footage, and also what happened with the footage from the war in Afghanistan, is that our news reporting is pretty much along the lines of pornography now.
    Alex Cox
    English film director, screenwriter and actor (1954 - )
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  • Benazir Bhutto Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Barack Obama 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
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Camille Paglia Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure.
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • William E. Gladstone Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • Bill Kristol The first two battles of this new era are now over. The battles of Afghanistan and Iraq has been won decisively and honorably.
    Source: April 28, 2003
    Bill Kristol
    American political analyst (1952 - )
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  • Carl Levin 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
    American attorney (1934 - )
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  • Asa Hutchinson The true credit for our safety and security goes to our men and women who are serving in places like Iraq and Afghanistan in the global war on terrorism.
    Asa Hutchinson
    American businessman, attorney, and politician (1950 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth The war in Afghanistan is too important to be reduced to a political football. We are fighting there to protect our national security. We are confronting the Taliban-led insurgency to prevent terrorists returning to that country.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth We cannot allow Afghanistan to become again a haven for terrorists who inspire, plan and provide support for attacks like those of 11 September 2001, of 7 July 2005 in London, and more.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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  • Brit Hume 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
    American journalist and political commentator (1943 - )
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  • Bob Ainsworth We in the West walked away from Afghanistan at the end of the Cold War and left it as a country devastated socially and armed to the teeth. If we do that again, there will be consequences.
    Bob Ainsworth
    British Labour Party politician (1952 - )
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