John R. Allen Born : December 15, 1953 Browse All Authors Top 38 quotes by John R. Allen You know, great powers don't get angry, great powers don't make decisions hastily in a crisis. John R. Allen great-power crisis decision 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 afghanistan neighbor long Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission. John R. Allen civilians cornerstones missions There are problems in the world today. John R. Allen problem today world Donald Trump has no credibility to criticize me or my record or anything that I have done. If he had spent a minute in the deserts of Afghanistan or in the deserts of Iraq, I might listen to what he has to say. John R. Allen desert iraq done The thing that I'm always left with is this overwhelming desire for people to be rooted and the only way that they feel rooted is through another person. John R. Allen overwhelming-desire people way I seek as much as I can to mitigate risk. John R. Allen risk i-can With Hillary Clinton as our commander in chief, our international relations will not be reduced to a business transaction. I also know that our armed forces will not become an instrument of torture and they will not be engaged in murder or carry out other illegal activities. John R. Allen illegal-activities clinton murder What we need to do is ensure that we don't create an environment that puts us on a track conceivably where the United States military finds itself in a civil military crisis with a commander in chief who would have us do illegal things. John R. Allen illegal-things track military The Russians haven't helped us at all in the fight against ISIS. When you total up the numbers of sorties that have been going into Syria, aircraft attacks, if you will, going into Syria, when the Russians said they were going to assist, we got a very small number of Russian sorties. John R. Allen small-numbers isis fighting We need to understand what we're saying matters. John R. Allen matter needs When we talk about carpet bombing ISIL, that's what it looks like, creating huge numbers of civilian casualties, which increases the numbers of refugees flowing out of the region, which increases the misery of the Syrian people. John R. Allen creating numbers people None of us wants any more war. John R. Allen want war We need to have a commander-in-chief who knows what she is doing. John R. Allen chiefs knows needs It's not possible to put into words the sense of loss and grief that comes to a family that loses one of their children. John R. Allen grief loss children What we do have to do, is listen to what Donald Trump's been saying about our military. He's called it a disaster. He says our military can't win anymore. That's a direct insult to every single man and woman who's wearing the uniform today. John R. Allen military winning men The best thing I ever did was give my family everything I could. John R. Allen best-things my-family giving One would think that if you're anonymous, you'd do anything you want, but groups have their own sense of community and what we can do. John R. Allen technology community thinking 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 als roots want 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 support community long
