Iran is a signatory of a [nuclear] nonproliferation treaty,

This was not a popular treaty,

By declaring Iran non-compliant with its obligations under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty as we did last Saturday, the international community sent a strong signal to Iran that commitments had to be respected,

The proposed nuclear deal with India is just one more step in opening a Pandora's box of nuclear proliferation.

When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.

We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war.