All nations that have nuclear weapons think that they are responsible and it is the other guys who are irresponsible.
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So while there is no evidence at all that Iran has any significant quantity of nuclear material or any nuclear weapons, Iran is a much more difficult nuclear issue to resolve for the United States.Joseph Cirincione
This administration is forced to follow this route because of the failures of Iraq.
Joseph Cirincione
If you don't have the president repeatedly telling his staff that he wants this job done, then the natural bureaucratic barriers ally to slow and eventually block progress.... If you were serious about this, if you really thought that the No. 1 threat was a terrorist getting hold of a nuclear weapon and hitting the United States with it ... you would vastly accelerate the effort to eliminate that material before the terrorists could get it.
Joseph Cirincione
The response in the Muslim world is unpredictable. But if you start seeing women and children pulled out of rubble caused by U. S. bombs, and this is flashed around the world, U. S. embassies could start going up in flames. I would not underestimate the anger that is out there against the U. S. and how much an attack would inflame that anger.
Joseph Cirincione
They seem to be in a nuclear game of chicken and both cars are right smack in the middle of the road and heading towards each other in full speed. We don't know what is going to happen, we have to wait for somebody to swerve.
Joseph Cirincione
As always, the different factions (in Washington) will use it to justify their existing positions. The vice president and his hawks will use it to show that the Iranian program can't be stopped through diplomatic means and, therefore, their preferred option of a military strike is the only option.
Joseph Cirincione
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