Israel Quotes by John Mearsheimer

Even if Iran did have a nuclear weapons capability, they could not use that to blackmail the United States or to attack;…

— John Mearsheimer

No sensible Iranian leader is going to wage his country's survival on who gets elected president of the United States.

— John Mearsheimer

A critically important issue when talking about America's terrorism problem is the matter of how U.S. support for Israel's brutal treatment of…

— John Mearsheimer

Even if we somehow destroyed all of Iran's nuclear capability, they will simply rebuild it, in locations that are harder to find…

— John Mearsheimer

If history is any guide, most Afghans would oppose an American invasion and fight the foreign occupiers, probably with substantial help from…

— John Mearsheimer

The United States was not interested in conquering, occupying, and integrating Iraq into a greater United States.

— John Mearsheimer

The key to undoing the Taliban is to sow dissension within its ranks by offering carrots - bribes and positions in a…

— John Mearsheimer

When World War II started on September 1, 1939, the German army contained 3.74 million soldiers and 103 divisions.

— John Mearsheimer

In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler believed that his great-power rivals would be easy to exploit and isolate because each had little interest…

— John Mearsheimer

Obama is principally responsible for getting the United States involved in Syria - although we didn't use military force there, we have…

— John Mearsheimer

Of course, the last thing Washington, Tel Aviv and Riyadh want is for Iran to acquire the bomb. But it is hard…

— John Mearsheimer

The American expeditionary force would easily rout the Taliban in a conventional war - which is why there would not be one.…

— John Mearsheimer

For all good sorts of security reasons, Israel wants to remain the only nuclear power in the Middle East, but a nuclear-armed…

— John Mearsheimer

I think there's no question that a nuclear-armed Iran would bring stability to the region, because nuclear weapons are weapons of peace.…

— John Mearsheimer

Just to focus on the Middle East... I think it is quite clear that, except for the Iran nuclear deal, under President…

— John Mearsheimer

First of all, I don't believe that the United States has any strategic interest in Syria. I think, from a strategic point…

— John Mearsheimer