The nuclear options that India insisted on protecting in this deal cast serious doubt on its declared policy of seeking only a credible minimum deterrent. |
The obstacles give us some time, and you have to hope that we use it well, so that the current domestic consensus in favor of the nuclear program in Iran will break. |
The question exists what kinds of ties Iran's Revolutionary Guards have with militant groups and would they be prepared to provide assistance in some very nasty weapons, |
The question exists what kinds of ties Iran's Revolutionary Guards have with militant groups and would they be prepared to provide assistance in some very nasty weapons. |
This deal permits India to do much more than continue producing fissile material for weapons. It allows India to vastly increase its nuclear arsenal. |
This sends the signal that bilateral relations and other strategic interests will trump nonproliferation. And that will reduce the perceived penalties associated with going nuclear. |
This set the real issues aside, it did not solve them. But it prevents gridlock and a collapse of the talks. ... I see it as a positive but not a big substantive move, but it took some movement in the administration to make this happen. |
This wasn't a big substantive reconciliation. This was an agreement to set aside a disagreement and move ahead with the talks. |
What we need to do now is get the Russians and Chinese to tell the Iranians they won't be in a position to help them out in the [Security] Council if they go forward with this work. If the Russians and Chinese told them that, it would have quite an impact in Tehran. |