“If they think they can get anyone who could have better handled the complex and difficult issues surrounding North Korea, Iran and other controversies, they are not understanding the world right now.” IfsThinkingWorldDifficultUnderstandingIssuesRight NowComplexesIranControversyKoreaNorth KoreaUnderstanding The World Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“Right now, the leadership in Iran is telling their citizens one thing. Our President is telling us another.” PresidentLeadershipOne ThingCitizensRight NowIran Author:Bob Corker
“There are three foundational issues or three divisions that I should say that Sharia fits into, one is penal law of course and that is what gets all the attention, there's two countries in the world right now that actually have a Federal mandate to enact penal law according to the Sharia, that's Saudi Arabia, and Iran.” WorldShouldTwoCountryLawThreeCoursesAttentionIssuesFitRight NowIranDivisionArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisMandatesTwo CountriesSharia Author:Mark Durie
“The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared. And right now the Army is not.” ShowsMiddleRight NowArmyCrisisPreparedEastIranMiddle EastBe PreparedKoreaNorth Korea Author:Ike Skelton
“I'll tell what reckless is. What reckless is is calling [Bashar] Assad a reformer. What reckless is allowing Russia to come into Crimea and Ukraine. What reckless is is inviting Russia into Syria to team with Iran. That is reckless. And the reckless people are the folks in the White House right now. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are the reckless people.” PeopleHouseWhiteTeamCallingRight NowClintonFolksRussiaBarackIranWhite HouseAllowingSyriaRecklessUkraineInvitingReformersAssadCrimea Author:Chris Christie
“What if there's another terrorist attack? I cringe at the ideas of our enemies watching this, knowing much like the president we have now. You can do anything you want, you can jerk us around, you can harass our naval ships the way Iran is doing right now, and we're not going to do anything. We're not going to react.” IfsWayWantIdeasPresidentCan DoEnemyKnowingRight NowTerroristShipsIranWhat IfJerkTerrorist AttacksNavalDoing RightCringe Author:John McCain
“The issue has two dimensions. One is the legal dimension and the other one is the issue at the realpolitik. [In the] legal realm, we believe in equal rights for all people in all nations. If Israel, the United States, Russia, Pakistan, other countries, China, have the right to have a nuclear program and nuclear bomb, Iran, too, must have that same right. Now, at the realm of realpolitik, because there is a global consensus against Iran, and because there are all manner of dangers facing Iran, I am opposed to this program.” PeopleIfsBelieveTwoCountryStatesNationsUnitedUnited StatesIssuesRightsDangerRight NowEqualProgramIsraelChinaNuclearRussiaRealmsBombsDimensionsIranOther CountriesPakistanConsensusEqual RightsNuclear BombRealpolitik Author:Akbar Ganji
“You have to negotiate from positions of strength. And right now with Iran, we're not negotiating from a position of strength. The Europeans are negotiating from the position of "Please give up your nuclear weapons program, and by the way if you do we'll give you several boatloads of carrots." The Iranians are quite willing to keep on negotiating on that line for a long time.” IfsWayGivingLongLinesPositionWillingPleaseRight NowGiving UpWeaponsLong TimeProgramNuclearIranNuclear WeaponsCarrotsNegotiating Author:John Bolton
“We don't have polls from the business world, but it's pretty clear that the energy corporations in America would be quite happy to be given authorization to go back into Iran instead of leaving all that to their rivals. But the state won't allow it. And it is setting up confrontations right now, very explicitly. Part of the reason is strategic, geo-political, economic, but part of the reason is the mafia complex. They have to be punished for disobeying us.” WorldStatesReasonWould BeAmericaPoliticalEnergyGivenClearEconomicRight NowComplexesLeavingSettingSettingsCorporationsIranPollsRivalsMafiaStrategicConfrontationBusiness WorldDisobeying Author:Noam Chomsky