John Bolton

“Most important of all, [US military presence in Afghanistan] wasn’t a
war about making Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, or any other country nicer, safer
places to live. I am not a nation builder. I do not believe what is, after all, an
essentially Marxist analysis that a better economic way of life will divert
people from terrorism. This was about keeping America safe from another
9/11, or even worse, a 9/11 where the terrorists had nuclear, chemical, or
biological weapons. As long as the threat existed, no place was too far away
to worry about. The terrorists weren’t coming to America on wooden
sailing ships.”
― John Bolton