Hillary Clinton actually said...

"I think that they certainly understand that having an unstable, destabilizing Afghanistan that offers launching grounds and training for those who threaten them is not in their interests."

"I do not believe we have locked ourselves into leaving, but what we have done--and I think it was an appropriate position for the President to take--is to signal very clearly, to all audiences, that t..."

"We know that some of the Taliban will not renounce al Qaeda; they are too closely interconnected."

"If we allow them access to the very same safe havens they used before 2001, they will have a greater capacity to regroup and attack again."