Robert Jervis Quotes

I don't see how he can elude capture forever. .... The lighter he travels, the less likely he is to be detected. Yet he also needs protection, and the more defended he is, the more he is a hard target to destroy and is easier to find.

- Robert Jervis

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Bin Laden has to be more nervous. - Robert Jervis

Once countries know that the U.S. is going to use military force in Iraq, they may accept it, although not with the same support that the U.S. has had in Afghanistan. A lot of countries will decide to at least passively acquiesce. The military success in Afghanistan is helping to carry this support, but if the situation there deteriorates, how the world perceives a possible Iraqi option will change. - Robert Jervis

It's very psychologically destabilizing. They [al Qaeda detainees] were likely told that they would be abused and/or killed by the U.S., described to them as the great Satan. So then, when they are treated pretty well, that is likely to be alarming. - Robert Jervis