Adam Smith actually said...

"It will take strategic patience and it will take continued U.S. engagement."

"The idea that we are going to defeat the Taliban, peace is going to come, and we are going to have a stable government there, most people think is insane."

"It is my sincere hope that we not only reduce our troop levels to 2,500, but that we reduce them to zero, that we leave Afghanistan."

"To me the biggest loser in Afghanistan is the nation that stays the longest."