Ehud Barak Quotes

For every security measure, there is a counter measure that breeds further insecurity. The acquisition by Pakistan or Iran of a nuclear capability neutralizes the security achieved by Israel’s own nuclear capability. Non-governmental terrorism neutralizes governmental military superiority. Chemical weapons neutralize the security of cement walls.

if we did possess a chemical bomb, we wouldn’t hesitate one second to use it.

Israel’s development of nuclear capability would be a cause for war, no matter how suicidal it would be for us.

We oppose the use of chemical weapons no matter who uses them and against whom they are used.

I went to Israel when the missiles were falling there.

There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest.

The West sold Saddam Hussein the chemical weapons that he used.

Peace and stability cannot be achieved by means of nuclear weapons.

Relatively weak countries, targeted as ‘rogue states’ and repeatedly threatened with military attack, are naturally desperate to achieve the deterrence that only weapons of mass destruction can provide.

Any state surrounded by enemies will seek strategic depth.

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. There is no doubt that he is amassing them to use against our friends, against our allies, and against us.

The Israelis know that if the Iraqi or the Iranian army came across the Jordan River, I would personally grab a rifle, get in a ditch, and fight and die

Iraq is not the only nation in the world to possess weapons of mass destruction, but it is the only nation with a leader who has used them against his own people.

It bothers me to read the comments of leaders of the Hamas and others who hate America that their goal is to have more weaponry capable of delivering all types of weapons of mass destruction.

Each time there is a conflict between Israel and Gaza, accusations fly over who started it, each side blaming the other.

The actions of the terrorist organizations, Hezbollah, in Lebanon, and Hamas, in Gaza, against Israel are unconscionable. Instead of working towards peace, these terrorist organizations have chosen to perpetuate the violence.

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

I feel relieved that we discovered that Iraq did not have nuclear weapons.

I was interested in implements of mass destruction - from an academic point of view.

We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and stability of the region. He has ignored the mandated of the United Nations and is building weapons of mass destruction and the means of delivering them.

I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

Israel lost their power to intimidate during the second war with Lebanon.

I will continue to believe that Israel's security is paramount.

Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological nation plans for it.

The distinction between preparations made with the intention of going to war and preparations against attack is it true distinction, clear and definite than the mind of those who build up armaments. But it is a distinction that is not obvious or certain to others. The moral is obvious: it is that that armaments lead inevitably to war.