In 2009, [[Richard Holbrooke]] was appointed as a special adviser on [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], working under [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html|title=Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke|first=Jodi|last=Kantor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 February 2009|access-date=}}</ref> According to Holbrooke's diary which was turned over to his official biographer George Packer following his death, when [[Vice President Joe Biden]] was asked about America's obligation to maintain their presence in Afghanistan to protect vulnerable civilians, he scornfully replied, "F*** that, we don't have to worry about that. We did it in [[Vietnam]], [[Nixon]] and [[Kissinger]] got away with it."<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9901577/F-k-Biden-told-Obamas-special-representative-Afghanistan-obligations.html</ref> | In 2009, [[Richard Holbrooke]] was appointed as a special adviser on [[Pakistan]] and [[Afghanistan]], working under [[Barack Obama]] and [[Hillary Clinton]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/us/politics/08holbrooke.html|title=Back on World Stage, a Larger-Than-Life Holbrooke|first=Jodi|last=Kantor|newspaper=The New York Times|date=7 February 2009|access-date=}}</ref> According to Holbrooke's diary which was turned over to his official biographer George Packer following his death, when [[Vice President Joe Biden]] was asked about America's obligation to maintain their presence in Afghanistan to protect vulnerable civilians, he scornfully replied, "F*** that, we don't have to worry about that. We did it in [[Vietnam]], [[Nixon]] and [[Kissinger]] got away with it."<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9901577/F-k-Biden-told-Obamas-special-representative-Afghanistan-obligations.html</ref> |