U.S. Could Not Invade Iran Even If It Wanted To, Says Mid-East Affairs Expert

Dr. Sami Alfaraj, a Kuwaiti Gulf Affairs and Nuclear Proliferation Expert, says that one of the revelations to come out of the WikiLeaks release is that even if the United States wanted to act mililtarily toward Iran, they could not. (0:13)

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Ban Ki-Moon Says Iran Should Suspend Nuclear Enrichment Activities

Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations, responds to a TRNS question on Iran and the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) criticism of the country’s growing nuclear program. The President of the Islamic Republic, Mahmood Ahmadinejad, is expected to meet with Ban Ki-Moon when he attends the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23rd. (1:35)

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Pelosi: China Understands North-Korean Threat

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi explains how the alleged nuclear and missile tests conducted by North Korea has reinforced Sino-American cooperation against nuclear proliferation. Pelosi adds that China acknowledges North Korea as a threat to North East Asia. (0:40)
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North Korean nuclear threat can never be undone

Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Carl Levin (D-Mich.) says that the knowledge North Korea has gained from its nuclear program can never be undone, and there will always be a weapons or proliferation threat from the nation (:25).
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Bolton opposes talks with Iran

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton says the United States’ policy for five years has been that it would not engage in diplomacy with Iran unless Iran halted its uranium enrichment program, suggesting that Iran is being made to believe that the White House will make concessions in an attempt to leave a foreign policy legacy. (1:04)
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Iran not to be trusted

Representative Dan Burton (R-Ind.) says he does not trust Iran and the promises of Russian President Vladimir Putin. He fears Russia will give nuclear technology to Iran which will allow Iran to build better nuclear missiles. (0:46)
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Nuclear cooperation agreement a bad idea

Representative Edward Markey (D-Mass.) opposes the Agreement for Nuclear Cooperation at a hearing on the proposed U.S.-Russia agreement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (0:47)
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McCain makes a significant departure from Bush Administration

Senator John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) presidential campaign hosted a press conference call, which discussed McCain’s foreign policy remarks delivered today in Dever, Colo. McCain’s advisors said that John McCain has taken a “significant departure“ from the nuclear security policy of the Bush Administration with his willingness to have open talks with Russia and China, and the creation of global nuclear repositories, nuclear penetrators and other nuclear foreign policy issues.

Randy Scheunemann, senior foreign policy and national security advisor to the John McCain presidential campaign, spoke about McCain’s ultimate goal of a nuclear free world. McCain’s support for strategic arms reduction and treaties with Russia to ban and remove intermediate ranged ballistic missiles, his interest in strengthening non-proliferation regime and the ending of dangerous nuclear materials production are all steps away from the Bush Administration’s current and past foreign policy decisions.

With John McCain being seen as the “second Bush” by many members of the media and influential political figures, these statements by McCain and his advisors act as a step away from any associations with Bush’s policies and present a more open and “comprehensive” plan of action for the future than any other president has put out there, Scheunemann said. (24:00)
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