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The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

- David Petraeus
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Iran has had a very harmful effect in a variety of ways in the region... fomenting unrest to a degree in Saudi Arabia, undoubtedly in Bahrain, and definitely in Yemen with Hamas, with Lebanese Hezbollah among other activities in locations.

It wasn't just Shia that would go to Tehran and see the commander of the Quds Force and others and the legitimate government leaders. It was also Kurdish leaders and Sunni Arabs who would even link up with Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force - maybe not in Tehran but in Turkey or somewhere else.

Iran has had a very harmful effect in a variety of ways in the region... fomenting unrest to a degree in Saudi Arabia, undoubtedly in Bahrain, and definitely in Yemen with Hamas, with Lebanese Hezbollah among other activities in locations.

It wasn't just Shia that would go to Tehran and see the commander of the Quds Force and others and the legitimate government leaders. It was also Kurdish leaders and Sunni Arabs who would even link up with Qassim Suleimani, the commander of the Quds Force - maybe not in Tehran but in Turkey or somewhere else.

Counter-insurgency, as you know, is a roller-coaster affair.

I've truly tried to be apolitical.

We're all outriders out there, and what we have is all these large number of tasks - that's the herd; that's all the cattle - a whole bunch of individual, hundreds if not thousands of projects at any given time ongoing that we're trying to complete. So we're trying to keep the cattle herd, keep it all just going in the right direction.

Committing to a particular goal publicly puts pressure on oneself. It becomes an enormous action-forcing mechanism and often helps you achieve more than you might have had you kept your goals to yourself.

If you don't want to have to kill or capture every bad guy in the country, you have to reintegrate those who are willing to be reconciled and become part of the solution instead of a continued part of the problem. And then, above all, the resources.

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The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.

The fact is that Iran doesn't want to see the Taliban come back any more than do most Afghan citizens.