These are his views, and by extension were the views of the US establishment until at least 10 years ago, but probably until more recently, and are views presum

These are his views, and by extension were the views of the US establishment until at least 10 years ago, but probably until more recently, and are views presumably shared by at least some the people who made the decision - but they still decided to not let the export go ahead. Which tells me that either the doctrine has changed in the last 10 years, or that this deal doesn't fit into his model, or that this is a diplomatic maneuvre. My guess is one of the latter two, although I could be wrong.