“At the end of any peace deal, the decision-maker will be the governmen...” — Ashraf Ghani Quote

“At the end of any peace deal, the decision-maker will be the government of Afghanistan.”

“My father's mother really had a profound influence on me. She literally began her day with an hour of reading. But the most fundamental impact was education.”

“The privileged elites are part of the globalization moment that we live in.”

“Peace cannot come without the government of Afghanistan speaking directly to the Taliban or the Taliban talking directly to us.”

“What makes you a SEAL, what makes you a SEAL is being a good tactician on the battle field, understanding how to shoot, move, and communicate, knowing small unit maneuver warfare. That's what makes a good SEAL, and so that is the course of instruction that I taught, was getting SEAL platoons ready for deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.”

“The Taliban has not, in my judgment, in any significant way changed their fundamental goal and objective, which is to take over Afghanistan and return to running that country. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't have negotiation talks with them. I think we should. But we've got to be clear-eyed about it.”