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According to some tallies, since 1776, the United States has been at war 93 percent of its existence, passing through a mere 21 years of peace.

But I would argue that a longer war it's more difficult to keep records than a shorter war.

We released 400,000 classified documents, the most extraordinary history of a war to ever have been released in our civilization. Those documents cover 109,000 deaths. That is serious matter.

Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.

There is no instance of a nation benefitting from prolonged warfare.

There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited.

This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner.

The history of our civilization has been one of intermittent war.

A trillion dollars spent, 2,000 American lives lost - Afghanistan is the longest war in American history. But you don't hear a word about it.

Well the war lasted for three months, from April of 1994 until the Tutsi army, the exiles as it were, gained control of the country and then it stopped.