“The language of North Korea is always bombastic. But what has really changed is the acceleration of their nuclear program, the likelihood that they have more and more weapons, and the acceleration of the testing of ballistic missiles in very, very aggressive ways towards Japan.” WayLanguageChangedWeaponsProgramNuclearJapanAggressiveTestingKoreaNorth KoreaMissilesLikelihoodAccelerationBombastic Author:Michael Leiter
“Certainly the international community is putting a lot of pressure on Iran and making clear that its nuclear program must stop. If it stops with the sanctions, the combinations of sanctions, diplomacy, other pressures, I, as the prime minister of Israel, will be the happiest person in the world.” IfsWorldPersonsCommunityClearProgramPressureInternationalIsraelNuclearCombinationMinistersIranPrimePrime MinisterDiplomacySanctionsInternational Community Author:Benjamin Netanyahu
“I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.” ThinkingWeaponsProgramAssumingDeterminedNuclearCapabilityNuclear Weapons Author:Colin Powell
“wouldn't you like to make sure all those millions you give to Uncle Sam went to schools and hospitals instead of nuclear warheads?' As a matter of fact, he would. Playgrounds for big kids, preschool programs to little ones, and mandatory LASIK surgery for NFL refs.” GivingLittlesMatterFactsBigsKidsSchoolSportsMillionsProgramNuclearNflHospitalsSurgeryUnclesMatter Of FactPlaygroundsPreschoolUncle SamRefsLasik Author:Susan Elizabeth Phillips
“We now have irrefutable evidence that [Saddam] has once again set up and reconstituted his program to take uranium, to enrich it to sufficiently high grade, so that it will function as the base material as a nuclear weapon. And there's no doubt about the fact that the level of effort has escalated in recent months.” FactsLevelsEffortDoubtMaterialsMonthsWeaponsEvidenceProgramFunctionNuclearNo DoubtGradesNuclear WeaponsSaddamUranium Author:Dick Cheney
“Alternatively, suppose Qaddafi winds up hanging from a lamppost in his favorite party dress. If you're a Third World dictator, what lessons would you draw? Qaddafi was the thug who came in from the cold, the one who (in the wake of Saddam's fall) renounced his nuclear program and was supposedly rehabilitated in the chancelleries of the West. He was a strong partner in the war on terrorism, according to U.S. diplomats. And what did Washington do? They overthrew him anyway.” IfsWorldWarPoliticalFallStrongPartyWindColdLessonsDrawsProgramThirdsDressesWestTerrorismNuclearPartnersDictatorSaddamThird WorldWar On TerrorThugDiplomatsWar On Terrorism Author:Mark Steyn