Lindsey Graham actually said...

"It offends me when people suggest that we're the British Empire of a long time ago or the Russians."

"Is it fair to say that our national security interests are not going to be judged in history by the day we left Afghanistan, but by what we left behind?"

"Would you agree with me the capabilities that are beginning to be available to terrorist organizations are greater than they were before September 11?"

"It cost us a lot more to ignore Afghanistan than it has to be involved."