Adam Smith actually said...

"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."

"As awful as the Taliban is, and there is a lot of awful governments all over the world doing a lot of awful things, do we really think that at this point, if the Taliban came back into power--they are..."

"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."