Richard Lugar actually said...

"Can we achieve the most important national security goals in Afghanistan... at far less expense?"

"hypothetically, what does political Afghanistan look like? Is a stable Afghanistan one in which we return to more localized government of sorts, with the warlords--the regional leader--who are more ak..."

"The broad scope of our activities suggests that we are trying to remake the economic, political, and security culture of Afghanistan."

"In my view, a Taliban government in Afghanistan would be a serious, serious problem for the United States."