“Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.” ThinkingWellsProgramThreatIsraelNuclearExistentialismExistentialIranian Author:Robert M. Gates
“I think that Iran with a nuclear weapon is extremely destabilizing. I think it could precipitate a nuclear arms race in the region.” ThinkingRaceArmsWeaponsNuclearRegionsIranNuclear WeaponsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Robert M. Gates
“I mean, when you get down to very low numbers of nuclear weapons, and you contemplate going to zero, how do you deal with the reality of that technology being available to almost any country that seeks to pursue it? And what conditions do you put in place?” MeanCountryRealityDealsNumbersTechnologyConditionsWeaponsLowsAvailableNuclearPursueZeroContemplatingNuclear Weapons Author:Robert M. Gates
“Some people have said, in so many words, that I'm kind of wooly-headed in believing that the Iranians would see not having nuclear weapons as more in their security interest than not.” PeopleBelieveKindSaidInterestSecurityWeaponsNuclearNuclear Weapons Author:Robert M. Gates
“Well, what I've said is that the war in Iraq will always be clouded by how it began, which was a wrong premise, that there were in fact no weapons of nuclear - weapons of mass destruction.” WellsSaidWarFactsWeaponsMassDestructionIraqNuclearNuclear WeaponsPremisesWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionClouded Author:Robert M. Gates
