How Statesmen Think: The Psychology of International Politics by Jervis Robert

Author:Jervis, Robert
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-02-27T16:00:00+00:00

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Why Intelligence and Policymakers Clash

There is nothing a Government hates more than to be well-informed; for it makes the process of arriving at decisions much more complicated and difficult.

—JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES

Let me tell you about these intelligence guys. When I was growing up in Texas, we had a cow named Bessie. I’d go out early and milk her. I’d get her in the stanchion, seat myself and squeeze out a pail of fresh milk. One day I’d worked hard and gotten a full pail of milk, but I wasn’t paying attention, and old Bessie swung her shit-smeared tail through the bucket of milk. Now, you know that’s what these intelligence guys do. You work hard and get a good program or policy going, and they swing a shit-smeared tail through it.

—LYNDON JOHNSON

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