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'Bombing Afghanistan back into the Stone Age' was quite a favourite headline for some wobbly liberals. The slogan does all the work. But an instant's thought shows that Afghanistan is being, if anything, bombed out of the Stone Age.

— Christopher Hitchens

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Jihad is the Afghan bling.

— Aman Mojadidi

We can't afford to see Afghanistan roll backwards into a failed state that could become a base from which terrorist campaigns can be launched anywhere in the world.

— Liam Fox

Despite failing to get bin Laden, the U.S. government and media portrayed the early Afghanistan war as a great victory.

— Michael Hastings

The attacks of 9/11 came out of Afghanistan. It was a failed state, a rogue nation. That's why al Qaeda was there in the first place.

— Sebastian Junger

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

The misery in war-torn Afghanistan is reminiscent of images from the Thirty Years' War.

— Jurgen Habermas

I want the troops from Great Britain and the U.S. to be successful, but by the same token, Afghanistan has always been a screw-up.

— Clint Eastwood

The war on terror is the war in Afghanistan.

— Nancy Pelosi

✗Opposing Perspectives

Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

— Condoleezza Rice

We should bomb Vietnam back into the stone age.

— Curtis LeMay