42 Quotes by Mitchell Reiss

First of all, I think the situation today is different. We're in a different place than we were in '93, '94.

Sometimes we tend to focus more on the personalities and the conflicts, and it really caricatures the issues.

Or perhaps they didn't share it at all, but they were happy that the United States wanted to go ahead and deal with North Korea, that was fine.

The Nuclear Suppliers Group is one area the president highlighted in his speech that's extremely important and that needs to be improved.

It's up to Kim Jong Il to make that decision, and we can't make that for him.

Then the final thing is enforcement. What happens when we actually catch somebody who has violated international law, rules, and regulations?

Everyone I have spoken with so far recognises the need for the IRA to respond positively and every has said sooner is better than later and I think there is some concern if it does continue to delay much longer that the situation isn't going to remain the same.

It's time for the IRA to go out of business.

They would rather the United States play the bad cop, and they could play the good cop - let the United States do all the heavy lifting here.