Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be break-through. It is potential liberation and renewal as well as enslavement and existential death. – R. D. Laing
Winning in Afghanistan is having a country that is stable enough to ensure that there is no safe haven for Al Qaida or for a militant Taliban that welcomes Al Qaida. Thats really the measure of success for the United States. – Leon Panetta