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The Taliban mostly attacks international and Afghan security forces. They rarely carry out attacks in markets.

The Taliban is resilient.

I mean, the Taliban, my view is that they have been weakened.

It's true that since 9/11, the application of conventional military rules of engagement has gotten a bit foggy. The Taliban were not an 'enemy state,' but the Canadian Forces conducted its operations in Afghanistan as though the rules of war applied anyway.

The people suffering most from the Taliban were Afghans.

People think SEALs are cold-blooded, heartless, wound-up, brainwashed killers. They imagine you can just point a SEAL in a direction and say, 'Go kill.' The truth is you're talking about a bunch of kind-hearted, jovial guys. The only thing that separates them is mental toughness.

They call them terrorists, I call them freedom fighters.

It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.

Rockets fired by the Taliban generally aren't guided.

Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation.