Quote of the day
If we justify war, it is because all peoples always justify the traits of which they find themselves possessed, not because war will bear an objective examination of its merits.
Robert Baer
Born: July 1, 1952 (age 72)
Bio: Robert Booker "Bob" Baer is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East. He is Time's intelligence columnist and has contributed to Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Known for:
- The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins (2013)
- Sleeping with the Devil (2004)
- The Devil We Know (2008)
- Blow the House Down: A Novel (2006)
- La Chute de la CIA (2002)