Robert Baer > Quotes

“It seems to me it's always the evil we refuse to see that does us the greatest harm.”
― Robert Baer, See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism

“Egypt is the next domino to fall and, as they say, so goes Egypt so goes the Middle East.”
― Robert Baer

“Destroying Iraq was the greatest strategic blunder this country has made in its history. Unless we change course, there's every reason to believe the Iraq War will end up changing the United States more than it will ever change Iraq.”
― Robert Baer

“On one level, Americans are too distant from the Middle East, too naive to understand its complexities and history. On another, it's the people who show up in Washington-Iranian and Arab exiles nursing a grudge, with time on their hands and money to pay for a hotel-who influence U.S. policy by default. They color Washington's view of the world, drawing us into foreign adventures we have no business being in.”
― Robert Baer, The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower