It's a very proud civilization. They went through the (Iran-Iraq) war and the revolution. They're certainly capable of suffering.

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[The Bush administration has had difficulty mustering support for the India deal.] The U.S. gave everything India wanted and got little in return, ... They framed the deal as necessary to cement a strategic partnership with India, and then this partner turns around and sides with Iran. That's not very strategic.

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I don't understand how the Europeans can guarantee fuel supply if the U.S. isn't explicitly saying it won't impose sanctions on companies that cooperate with the Iranians.

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Pakistan may be driven to test a nuclear device for political reasons within the country, (to) show its own people that it can do this, even though, from the standpoint of a national interest, it would be better off not testing.

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It's part of a very intelligent, creative Iranian strategy - to go on the offense in every way possible and mobilize other actors against the US.

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The U.S. gave everything India wanted and got little in return. They framed the deal as necessary to cement a strategic partnership with India, and then this partner turns around and sides with Iran. That's not very strategic.

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The strategic challenge the Bush administration faced was to convince the rest of the world that Iran is more dangerous than the United States.

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I think it would be absolutely shocking that they not have some idea. There were planes flying back and forth.

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U.S. policy has been to try to scare the rest of the world about Iran, and what we've missed is that the rest of the world is more scared of us. We've got to get them to be less afraid of us.

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