Adam Smith actually said...

"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."

"These are surrender talks. We are waving the white flag, basically saying to the Taliban, you win, we lose."