Gary Samore Quotations

Whether it is by consensus or by vote, either way it ends up in New York.

In the case of Iraq the quality of intelligence and the analysis of that intelligence was abysmally bad.

The tide of opinion in Tehran seems to have shifted.

We estimate, if everything goes right, if they throw all their effort into solving their problems, they might be able to produce enough weapons-grade uranium for a single nuclear weapon within five years.

When you talk to Iranians, there seems to be a consensus that Iran needs to have a latent nuclear weapons capability; in other words, an option, ... But there is much less agreement about whether it makes sense for Iran to produce nuclear weapons.

I think it is an excellent proposal, but I am skeptical that the proposal would be accepted by the Iranian government.

I hope the EU3 don't compromise. The draft resolution is excellent. We should force the Russians to vote,

No one can estimate with any precision how long this will take,

Finally, people from the Bush Administration argue that Iran is not really serious about making any nuclear deal that would require it to give up its nuclear weapons option and that Iran is likely to cheat on any deal in the future.

From what I saw, everything looked like local manufacturing except for some gauges.