Every Civilian's Death Diminishes Us, Collectively.

Afghanistan Has Other Enormous Challenges As Well, Including A Political System That Is Still Very Much Developing, Although There Has Been Some Progress In The Past Several Years.

I Think Putin Wants To Recreate As Much Of The Soviet Union As He Can Through A Variety Of Different Means. He's Invaded Parts Of Georgia, Took Crimea, Southeastern Ukraine, Bases In Other Countries.

There [in Afghanistan] Is Also A Growing Insurgency Threat From Al-qaida, The Taliban And Other Extremist Elements, Some Of Which Comes From The Tribal Areas Of Pakistan, As Well As From The Northwest Frontier Province And Baluchistan.

Iraq Has Gone From Being On The Brink To Being On The Mend, And It Clearly Has Some Big Advantages.

I Think No Commander Ever Is Going To Come Out And Say, 'i'm Confident That We Can Do This.