NATO will not become involved in partitioning that country,. . We're not going to engage in an operation that will fix demarcation lines. This is one country, and it will remain one country.
[NATO countries] have no respect for our country. They will do it. They'll be happy to do it.
I think that NATO is itself a war criminal.
NATO is based on shared values. Democracy, individual civil liberties and the rule of law. In public and also in meetings with the allies, I have repeatedly pointed out how crucial these common values are. They are the basis for our unity, and unity is the most important basis for our strength.
To be an ally is a formal military alliance. And we have a formal military alliance in NATO. But we are partners with other countries all across the world. And they're - they will be a partner.
I don't know anyone who is more admired and respected in the international community than President Karzai, for his strength, for his wisdom and for his courage to lead this country, first in defeat of the Taliban and now a democratic and unified Afghanistan. And I can tell you I am with foreign ministers and with heads of state all over the world. I sit in the councils of NATO. I sit with the EU. I sit with people all over the world and there is great admiration for your president and also for what the Afghan people are doing here.
In my opinion, terrorism is a question which is not a short- term problem for all of us. It is a long-term fight. And NATO can play, and will play, a very crucial role in this struggle.
Afghanistan is the most daring and ambition mission in the history of NATO.
NATO is an alliance, so all parts of the alliance have to be capable.
I think that there is a bipartisan consensus that's incorrect that we should have the whole world be in NATO. For example, if we had Ukraine and Georgia in NATO - and this is something McCain and the other neocons have advocated for - we would be at war now because Russia has invaded both of them.
And I think to be in NATO for the countries of our region, it means more guarantees for us, it means more responsibility for our common security, but it means fulfillment of all standards of civilized world, like protection of human rights and democratic mechanisms.
NATO's got a vital role to play. It's very important that we protect NATO.
As far as the Ukraine is concerned, it's a mess. And that's under the Obama's administration, with his strong ties to NATO.
Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.
NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
I see NATO as a good thing to have - I look at the Ukraine situation and I say, so Ukraine is a country that affects us far less than it affects other countries in NATO, and yet we are doing all of the lifting, they're not doing anything.
When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.
NATO needs to adapt its strategy to meet new challenges
Turkey's a valued ally, important ally for NATO, not the least because of its strategic geographic location, bordering Syria and Iraq and close to Russia and the Black Sea.
I'm a big fan of NATO. But they have to pay up.