Rodney Frelinghuysen Quotes

Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.

So I think we should stay focused on the real problem in the Middle East. It's not Israel. It's these dictatorships that are developing nuclear weapons with the specific goal of wiping Israel away.

Syria is still the foundation of the axis of evil, and I'm not sure it's appropriate to transfer Israel's northern front to the axis of evil.

Our potential adversaries are watching us, and they have seen what has happened to us... This is why we're dealing with a very problematical and troublesome Putin, and we're dealing with Iran in a very terrible agreement we had.

I absolutely think that we cannot trust Iran.

Iraq is not about oil.

I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran.

I'm worried for a war to break out between Saudi Arabia and Iran, even though I rule it out.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

I do not know anybody that is threatening Iran. It is a safe country.

Another mess I inherited, and we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of Iran who has totally taken advantage of our previous administration, and they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and we're not going to stop until that problem is properly solved, and it's not properly solved now.

I think the attempt to draw a comparison between Iran and Syria is false, misleading and dangerous.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

The fall of the Syrian regime is in the interest of America and Israel.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.

The reason the United States is not so likely to invade Iran is precisely because of the lessons learned from Iraq. And conversely, the Iranian push towards nuclear capability is calculated to deter invasions like the kind deposing Saddam Husain.

The Arab view that someone should bomb Iran and stop it from developing nuclear weapons is familiar to anyone who meets privately with Arab leaders, especially in the Gulf.

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.

Iran is a major threat to the well-being of Europe and America just as much as it is for the state of Israel.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.

The regional security in the Middle East cannot be further compromised by an Iranian loose cannon.

Without action, we are going to continue to allow Iran to be a safe harbor for terrorists, see its economy further deteriorate, and see the Middle East further destabilize.

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.