Mark Fitzpatrick Quotes

They've now walked across the line in such a blatant way that it's hard to see where any other red line could be drawn. Now they've done what everybody was afraid of. - Mark Fitzpatrick

They [members of the Security Council] can start with small steps, reinforcing the call on Iran to suspend its enrichment, targeted political sanctions, or other measures that fall short of military options. - Mark Fitzpatrick

There will be a strong majority for a resolution to report Iran to the Security Council. The fact that Russia and China signed on to this plan provides cover for other members. - Mark Fitzpatrick

The United States and Europe have clearly moved away from uranium conversion to set enrichment as the new red line but it's not clear if Russia, the key diplomatic player at this point, buys this. - Mark Fitzpatrick

The Europeans can be patient and I'm sure that they appreciated that the confrontation was postponed beyond the Christmas season. - Mark Fitzpatrick

The dollar's a little weaker because Miyazawa retracted some of his comments, indicating there may be a need for foreign exchange intervention. - Mark Fitzpatrick

The deal reverses in many ways 40 years of U.S. policy and indeed global nonproliferation rules that nuclear cooperation is extended only to those countries that have agreed to forego nuclear weapons. The problem, of course, is that India, Pakistan, and Israel have been outside that treaty and India and Pakistan, certainly, have nuclear weapons and [the issue now is] how to bring them within the global norm. - Mark Fitzpatrick

The [Bush] administration is looking at it seriously, not for using it today but if all else fails, as a last option. - Mark Fitzpatrick

Once they begin enrichment they have crossed a red line. - Mark Fitzpatrick

It will corrode centrifuge machines over time. - Mark Fitzpatrick

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