“They're good, but ... the Taliban do still exist and they are capable of doing harm,”
Peter Rodman
“Which is more important in world history: The Taliban or the fall of the Soviet Empire? A few over-exited Islamists or the liberation of Central Europe and the end of the Cold War?”
Zbignew Brzezinski
“I visited the Taliban embassy this morning and, while they did not come out and say 'yes they're in Kandahar,' they led me to believe that's where they were,”
John Mercer
“[They can be used to react quickly to reports about Taliban and al Qaeda forces in the area, said J. Kelly McCann, a former Marine involved in special operations.] Intelligence is so fluid right now, ... To fit somebody in place in order to go kill them, you've got to be able to respond quickly for that information to be useful. So now with the Marines on the ground you're talking about a reaction time that's under an hour in some cases, maybe minutes.”
Kelly McCann
“Coalition ground and air forces are on the ground ... they are bombing the Taliban.”
Yousuf Stanizai
“Coalition ground and air forces are on the ground... they are bombing the Taliban.”
“What everybody tells me here is, 'Don't think the fight against the Taliban is over,' ”
Joseph Biden
