28 Quotes by Joseph Cirincione

The president may have made a fatal error in putting nuclear weapons at the heart of improved US-India relations. Lawmakers want the latter, but not at the price of the former. Worse, Indian officials have made clear that India alone will decide which future reactors will be kept in the military category and exempt from any safeguards.

Don't panic. The Iranian program is still at the very early stages.

telling Saddam that they were further along than they actually were.

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.

You no longer heard comments about tyrants and pygmies. It may seem to be a small matter, but it's very important diplomatically.

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.

They saw Saddam as a threat that had to be removed.

It is very likely that intelligence officials were pressured by senior administration officials to conform their threat assessments to pre-existing policies.

It's outrageous for American officials to sell out vital national security interests so that some companies can make a buck.