Militias Quotes

essentially protective for Afghans in their centers of population, although (NATO) recognizes that if we`re going to keep the Taliban and al-Qaida and the other anti-coalition militias at arm`s length from Afghani officials and protect them from murder and assassination that`s ongoing ...we have to engage in combat operations that take the offensive into the mountains, into the remote regions where they have their bases and their sanctuaries and keep them off guard.

Until and unless we could disband these militias, this country won`t be able to function properly.

It`s very difficult for the Iraqi government to govern because the security situation is still very unstable. Among the most pressing problems, the most pressing is to try to construct a military and security bureaucracy that is not essentially tainted by militias or militia loyalties.