04/07/2014
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"if we get to 'good enough,' Afghanistan will not exist without us, they're going to be our supplicant."
"Part of the problem in our relationship with Pakistan right now is that they're hedging against an expectation that the United States has unrealistic aims which will ultimately lead us to disengage."
"I do not think a greater level of military effort in FATA or in Afghanistan itself will make a large difference in political outcomes."
"Pakistan acts very irrational. I mean, I leave there almost feeling like I have had a Rodney Dangerfield moment whenever I am there."