John R. Allen famous quotes

04-17-2025

I can't spend a lot of time worrying about the numbers at home. I've got to focus on the mission.
-- John R. Allen

#Home #Numbers #Worry
We dont see that the Taliban ultimately can succeed, and its a combination both of what the international community can do to support Afghanistan, not just in the short term, but over the long term.
-- John R. Allen

#Long #Support #Community
There is a direct line relationship between what happened in Afghanistan in the work up to 11 September 2001 and what we're doing in Afghanistan today.
-- John R. Allen

#Lines #Today #September
Planning is really the hallmark of any large military formation, and it's typically a weakness in new formations and new armies.
-- John R. Allen

#Military #Army #Weakness
And across Afghanistan, every single day, Afghan soldiers, Afghan police and ISAF troops are serving shoulder-to-shoulder in some very difficult situations. And our engagement with them, our shoulder-to-shoulder relationship with them, our conduct of operations with them every single day defines the real relationship.
-- John R. Allen

#Real #Police #Soldier
Afghanistan is going to be here a long time, and what's critical is that Afghanistan's relationship with its neighbors are, to the maximum extent they can be, constructive and operationally useful.
-- John R. Allen

#Long #Neighbor #Afghanistan
You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis.
-- John R. Allen

#Decision #Crisis #Great Power
Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.
-- John R. Allen

#Missions
I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk.
-- John R. Allen

#Risk
We dont want the Taliban to put down roots, or the al Qaeda to put down roots in Afghanistan that can facilitate Afghanistan becoming - once again - a launching pad for international terrorism.
-- John R. Allen

#Roots #Want #Als

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