Of its Nuclear Weaponry and my concern of proliferation. Gather as i was having getings, what is it that we need to do to get china. One of the things im convinced we are unwilling to do and it is from my experience as one of the authors of the iran sanctions universe sanction the of Financial Transactions because that would lead to chinese banks. Has someo that, that of the toughest and most consequential actions on iran. Theave not pursued Financial Transaction Center as an element of getting those who want to facilitate north koreas actions and cream pressure on them at the were created pressure on iran from this engaging with it financially. Freed, have we contemplated the type of financial sanctions that we levied against iran as it relates to those who would be doing business with north korea and he would be pretty them access to their Banking Centers . Permitting them access to their Banking Centers . We are looking at all possible points of leverage and pressure against north k
Speak for commission on that. I can agree. I said racist is part of my Senate Commerce hearing testimony thats available. That you could see that submitted, you know, here is unilateral decision, were changing the process and here is how its going to be resolved, ever. I asked can we do some of the same things from any of the process, he agrees with a number of the changes i proposed, so theres a great deal of agreement in that universe. If you can do one, why cant you do some of the others and thats falling on deaf ears. It can be a traditionalist across the board. Can you explain what a 99 00 p. M. Red line means, at the chairmans office, suggestions from another commissioner or what is that document that you have out there. So, typically, what will happen is that the bureau staff in charge of drafting particular item will send around to the five Commissioners Offices a red line. So you have the black letter document that was originally circulated and here are all the changes we made
That. We couldnt deter iran from being emboldened. And by definition we cant deter Inadvertent Nuclear War and the highstakes crisis. President bush and president obama didnt agree on a lot in Foreign Policy but they both agreed a nucleararmed iran is unacceptable. If thats the case for nucleararmed iran is unacceptable and diplomacy fails that leaves us with one option the military option. In the book i talk about the military option in the military option isnt a good option either. There are many risks to the military option. The question is it worse or better than deterrence and containment if diplomacy fails . First i talk about the israeli option. Many people may think of the military option think israel would do it and not the United States. The problem with the Israeli Military option is they dont have the capabilities to destroy irans key Nuclear Facilities. There are four Key Facilities to aboveground israel could destroy those in two facilities below ground. Even with those b
Positive. He was really shocked. Then he asked me to manage his trip to iran to speak with president rafsanjani. Rafsanjani gave him Carte Blanche to go for Regional Cooperation system in the persian gulf. It was in 1990. It was not in 19 2000. It was right after the war. He was almost shocked. He came to washington and washington decline. Therefore you can see from the beginning the iranians have been seeking a type of Regional Cooperation. The foreign minister in 1991, 1992, 1995 he paid a visit to all the gcc countries. That time i was in Foreign Foreign Ministry and he raised iranian willingness to establish such a cooperation with their neighbors. But gcc was not in position because of the u. S. Position, opposition. I really dont believe iran is going to have a dominant role in the region which is the conventional understanding care. Iran has more Regional Cooperation with the neighbors including saudi arabia. Jeff, what i said about the u. S. Departure from the region, i never m
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