--- title: "1 Fight Enemy Quotes By Robert Baer" description: "1 Fight Enemy quotes by Robert Baer. Plus more from Robert Baer and more Fight Enemy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg" --- > [There is a tendency in any conflict, especially in a democracy, to fight the enemy you can, not the enemy you should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-especially-in-a-democracy-to/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg) ## More by Robert Baer > [The US have dealt with Iran. I'm not saying attack it; I'm saying we should have taken it seriously. The Iranian connection to 9/11…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/the-us-have-dealt-with-iran-i-m-not-saying-attack-it-i-m-saying-we/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [I don't trust American intelligence. You look at the torture report from the Senate: People inside the CIA are saying that it doesn't work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/i-don-t-trust-american-intelligence-you-look-at-the-torture-report/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/on-one-level-americans-are-too-distant-from-the-middle-east-too-naive/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [If you want prisoners to be tortured, you send them to Syria. If you want someone to disappear – never to see them again…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/if-you-want-prisoners-to-be-tortured-you-send-them-to-syria-if-you/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [The first suicide bombing that entered my consciousness was the Beirut embassy bombing. It was very personal. I'd been in the embassy and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/the-first-suicide-bombing-that-entered-my-consciousness-was-the/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [There is a tendency in any conflict, especially in a democracy, to fight the enemy you can, not the enemy you should.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-especially-in-a-democracy-to/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [Did bin Laden act alone, through his own al-Qaida network, in launching the attacks? About that I'm far more certain and emphatic: no.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/did-bin-laden-act-alone-through-his-own-al-qaida-network-in-launching/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [Egypt is the next domino to fall and, as they say, so goes Egypt so goes the Middle East.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/egypt-is-the-next-domino-to-fall-and-as-they-say-so-goes-egypt-so/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [The CIA is an incompetent bureaucracy, generally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/the-cia-is-an-incompetent-bureaucracy-generally/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [Bethlehem was God with us, Calvary was God for us, and Pentecost is God in us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/bethlehem-was-god-with-us-calvary-was-god-for-us-and-pentecost-is-god/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [I truly believe that if torture had worked and there was a case to be made for it, we would see that on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/i-truly-believe-that-if-torture-had-worked-and-there-was-a-case-to-be/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/destroying-iraq-was-the-greatest-strategic-blunder-this-country-has/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [I take my own experience and other assassinations through history and get a lot into the drone program, which doesn't work, as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/i-take-my-own-experience-and-other-assassinations-through-history-and/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [My take on the torture thing and even drones is: If we're going to get into assassination and torture, the second question is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/my-take-on-the-torture-thing-and-even-drones-is-if-we-re-going-to-get/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) > [It seems to me it's always the evil we refuse to see that does us the greatest harm.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/it-seems-to-me-it-s-always-the-evil-we-refuse-to-see-that-does-us-the/) [Robert Baer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-baer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight-enemy/robert-baer/#itemlist", "name": "1 Fight Enemy Quotes By Robert Baer", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There is a tendency in any conflict, especially in a democracy, to fight the enemy you can, not the enemy you should.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Robert Baer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-baer/there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-especially-in-a-democracy-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There is a tendency in any conflict, especially in a democracy, to fight the enemy you can, not the enemy…” — Robert Baer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight-enemy/robert-baer/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight-enemy/robert-baer/", "name": "Fight Enemy Quotes by Robert Baer", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fight-enemy/robert-baer/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/robert-baer-33434_conflict_there-is-a-tendency-in-any-conflict-espe_1463830.jpg" }, "description": "1 Fight Enemy quotes by Robert Baer. 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