Robert Einhorn Quotes (17 Quotes)

In terms of threats -- at this point -- the Bush administration sees the Iranian regime as more threatening than the North Korean regime.

Basically the nuclear establishment of India dug in its heels, Prime Minister Singh backed them up, and the administration caved again.

I think the administration lowered the bar a bit too far. And if the deal is implemented as it currently stands, in my view there will be some negative implications for our global non-proliferation efforts. I think we'll have a harder time persuading other countries to tighten the rules while we're urging them to make exceptions.

This sends the signal that bilateral relations and other strategic interests will trump nonproliferation. And that will reduce the perceived penalties associated with going nuclear.

I personally woke up this morning and I didn't know about it.

The nuclear options that India insisted on protecting in this deal cast serious doubt on its declared policy of seeking only a credible minimum deterrent.

At their very best, the inspectors can complicate and restrain and slow down Iraq's clandestine efforts, and give us a better picture of what is going on in Iraq than we have to today, ... They cannot compel Iraqi compliance and therefore not put an end to the WMD threat posed by Iraq.

The obstacles give us some time, and you have to hope that we use it well, so that the current domestic consensus in favor of the nuclear program in Iran will break.

The deal appears to give India complete freedom not just to continue but also to expand its production of fissile material for nuclear weapons. In the future, any reactor it designates as 'military' can be used for the weapons program. ... It's less clear what the U.S. got out of the deal.

Being an activist in the six-party talks doesn't come easy to them. It's quite a departure. They did it because, at the time, we were heading toward war in Iraq, and the Chinese feared we might be prepared to take it that far in North Korea as well.

India appears to have fully achieved all its negotiating objectives importing uranium and nuclear technology, gaining recognition as a nuclear weapon state and preserving full freedom to expand its nuclear weapons capability as it sees fit.

This set the real issues aside, it did not solve them. But it prevents gridlock and a collapse of the talks. ... I see it as a positive but not a big substantive move, but it took some movement in the administration to make this happen.

Obviously, the United States does not have the final say on who has the right to pursue civil nuclear energy programs,

This wasn't a big substantive reconciliation. This was an agreement to set aside a disagreement and move ahead with the talks.

The question exists what kinds of ties Iran's Revolutionary Guards have with militant groups and would they be prepared to provide assistance in some very nasty weapons.

This deal permits India to do much more than continue producing fissile material for weapons. It allows India to vastly increase its nuclear arsenal.

The administration has said some things in this that six months ago would have been heresy.