"We believe that there were families who were killed by the Taliban with grenades and rifle fire that were then paraded about and shown as casualties from the airstrike. Casualty after casualty has said that, in the hospitals, in terms of what they saw and what really took place."
"If you lose the first battles of a long war, the war gets tougher. If you win the first battles, you've got momentum on your side, and, guess what, the war is shorter. My concern is if we prematurely move, we're going to be going back. ... I tend to think it's better to get it done the first time."