Russ Carnahan Quotes

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.

Many defense experts have predicted that we face no greater threat from a single country than from Iran.

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

Israel will not tolerate Iran developing nuclear power, even if Iran claims it is for peaceful purposes. If there is an attack, oil prices will go through the roof.

I don't think Israel can accept an Iranian terror base next to its major cities any more than the United States could accept an al Qaeda base next to New York City.

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

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

What could become a danger to world peace is Iran's nuclear program and the country's open threat to annihilate Israel.

I think Iran is a very dangerous country - very dangerous to Israel, to the Middle East, and also to the United States. They export terrorism. And they also have the ability to manufacture rockets and missiles.

I don't think a wise thing at this moment is for Israel to launch a military attack on Iran.

I don't think that anyone seriously fears that the world can be blown to pieces all together. But what one can fear and rightly so are regional things, like in the Middle East, India, Pakistan, the Korean Peninsula, borders in Africa, etc.

Years ago, I predicted that Iran would take over Iraq. Iran and Iraq used to fight back and forth.

We must make every effort to neutralize this threat peacefully, but be ever mindful of the growing danger Iran poses not just to a safe and free America, but to our allies abroad.

The two biggest threats to international security in 2013 are Iran getting a nuclear weapon, and Iran being bombed to stop it getting a nuclear weapon. Both would precipitate a long and dangerous conflict in an already unstable Middle East. Both would be a disaster.

Israel does not need to resort to provocation [to have a war to bring down Abdul Nasser. Egypt itself supplies the provocations, continuously.

We must not allow Iran to manipulate the economy of the world because they have a nuclear weapon…. Iran is a clear and present danger to the state of Israel, the United States, and the rest of the world.

Our mission to defeat ISIS has been slowed down by the need to defend from additional Iranian attacks.

The Iranian regime, in my mind, is the single most enduring threat to stability and peace in the Middle East.

Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.

There is total unanimity that the most serious threat facing the United States and Israel is a nuclear-armed Iran.

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

The crises in North Korea, Iran, the Middle East, show how quickly things can change and how they can go wrong. We must be prepared. And right now the Army is not.

Iran has long sponsored terrorists who carry out homicide bombings in Israeli cities. However, it is a mistake to believe the danger Iran poses is directed at Israel alone.

President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.

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.