To be blunt, military forces can buy time, but the success there ultimately will be some type of political accommodation.
There is a possibility that there could be a serious crisis of legitimacy that will impair the ability of a very dysfunc...
I think we need to get through these elections, see what the results are, see who we're dealing with, what the governmen...
Regardless, I think, of the presence of U.S. forces there, the limiting factor appears to me to be the Afghan forces.
I consider the threat from lack of governance to be equal to the threat from the Taliban.
I think the President has chosen very wisely.
I can't ever envision a day when I'd say that an operation I'm involved in has enough ISR.
that is a way to lose their faith and lose their support, and that would be strategically decisive against us.
I think we've learned worldwide is that governmental capacity is such a critical element of stability.
I think it has to be viewed as a critical requirement for us.
the perception caused by civilian casualties is one of the most dangerous things we face in Afghanistan