#iranian

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political. ↗

— William Odom

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It was, however, in the interest of Osama bin Laden for us to destroy a secular Arab leader; it was very much in the interest of the Iranians because they wanted revenge against Saddam Hussein for Iraq's invasion in 1980. ↗

— William Odom

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The Iranian regime suppresses its own people as well as others in the region. It prevents peace by sponsoring terror globally. With the ultimate weapon that it is deceptively developing, the regime aims to gain hegemony over the entire Middle East and hold the world's economy hostage. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#deceptively #developing #east #economy #entire

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. ↗

— Colin Powell

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The Iranian acquisition of nuclear weapons would be infinitely more costly than any scenario you can imagine to stop it. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#any #costly #imagine #infinitely #iranian

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government. ↗

— Shirin Ebadi

#american #criticism #foot #government #iranian

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians. ↗

— Curt Weldon

#both #destruction #doubt #had #his

Nuclear energy is the scientific achievement of the Iranian nation. ↗

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

#energy #iranian #nation #nuclear #nuclear energy

If the Obama administration is this afraid of Glenn Beck, how do they deal with the Iranians? ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#afraid #beck #deal #glenn #how

Osama bin Laden, the Saudi-born revolutionary who is believed by most Arab and Iranian observers to be the inspiration of the attacks in New York and Washington, is the best known of the Islamic militants to have emerged in the past 20 years and the least difficult to fathom. ↗

— James Buchan

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