David Gergen actually said...

"I think it's very important whether you also protect the highways, they connect the cities, and you also protect some of the agriculture areas."

"But the point is, we're not there to save the Karzais. We're there to prevent terrorism here in the United States."

"It sure doesn't help President Obama, does it? There are going to be a lot of Americans, John, I think who are going to say after reading that why in the devil should we spend one more American life s..."

"It's been a standard American practice. When we can, we want to buy our way out of a problem than fight our way out of a problem."