Biden’s Missing Explanation

American Presidents are required to outline their goals, and explain the means they are employing to reach them.

For eight years, the Obama-Biden Administration engaged in a bizarre, dangerous, and unexplained Middle Eastern policy that failed miserably. It is manifestly evident that Biden is pursuing the exact same course, destroying all the gains made during the past four years.

A reasonable review of the course laid down by Obama and Biden discloses that it was contrary to the interests of peace, and that it only served to strengthen Iran’s aggressive agenda.

There is little debatable about this. Obama sent pallet-loads of untraceable cash directly to the ruling mullahs, despite the reality that they are the chief sponsors of terrorism across the globe and the major threat to the well being of their own region. Cash that could also be used to fuel their missile and nuclear efforts.

His Administration agreed to a nuclear “deal,” (the JCPOA, in reality a treaty which Obama was obligated to send to the Senate for approval, but failed to do so) that essentially gave the Tehran regime the right to develop nuclear weapons after a relatively brief passage of time, 15 years.

As a signatory to the nuclear nonproliferation pact, Iran was already obligated to forego the possession of nuclear weapons, an obligation it ignores. Why does Biden believe that yet another treaty would be followed any more diligently than one Tehran already fails to comply with?

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Biden has signaled his intention to re-instate, again without the Constitutionally-mandated approval of the Senate, that deal. He has appointed Rob Malley, a key developer of the failed 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, as his special representative to resume talks with Tehran. According to Senator Tom Cotton, (R-Ark) “Malley has a long track record of sympathy for the Iranian regime & animus towards Israel. The ayatollahs wouldn’t believe their luck if he is selected.”

Some of Biden’s apologists allege that changes can to be made to improve the measure, but President Hassan Rouhani has refused to consider any significant alterations. Clearly, the only improvement that should be considered by the Biden Administration is an absolute guarantee by Tehran to fully comply with its obligations under the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty, with full inspections, and forever forego the possession of atomic weaponry.

There is no indication that Iran is even remotely considering ending its nuclear program, with or without a deal. It has provided considerable resources to developing ICBMs that would serve as the means to deliver atomic weaponry. On January 15, the nation held an extensive ballistic missile drill, signaling both its current prowess and its intention to move ahead quickly ahead in developing a nuclear arsenal.

Biden’s continuing tilt towards Iran ignores not only the reality of the Mullah’s intransigence about developing nuclear weaponry, but the role that it has in strengthening the hand of American adversaries Russia, China, and North Korea. Former Presidential National Security Assistant General H.R. McMaster reports that in December of 2019, “Russian and Chinese ships joined the Iranian navy” for exercises in the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Oman. General McMaster has said that the deal “Strengthened an adversary and undermined U.S. interests.” He based his belief on two facts. First, the deal allows the Mullahs to gain nuclear weapons within a relatively brief period of time. Second, he notes that “the agreement is divorced from the very nature of an Iranian regime that was fundamentally untrustworthy and hostile to the United States.”

Appeasement of Iran failed during the Obama-Biden Administration. In contrast, the Trump Administration’s hard line led to substantial and unprecedented regional gains. President Biden owes a thorough explanation why he is pursuing a course that strengthens America’s enemies and endangers the U.S., its regional allies, and the cause of peace.

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U.S. Nuclear Modernization is Urgent Priority

The undersecretary of the U.S. Air Force, Melissa Dalton, warns that “With two nuclear-armed peer competitors — Russia and China — and with both advancing their nuclear capability, the U.S. now, more than ever, must move at full speed to modernize its nuclear deterrence capability. That effort is not just for U.S. national security, but as well for partners who depend on the U.S.” She stressed that the threat from aggressive, unfriendly nuclear armed nations is unprecedented. “We face for the first time in our nation’s history, two strategic competitors that are nuclear states with large and growing nuclear arsenals. When we look at the [People’s Republic of China] and its breathtaking modernization over the last two decades, we see today they have over 500 operational nuclear warheads, far exceeding prior projections.” Some suspect that China’s nuclear force may even be larger than commonly believed. According to recent Pentagon report, “Over the next decade, the PRC will continue to rapidly modernize, diversify, and expand its nuclear forces. Compared to the PLA’s nuclear modernization efforts a decade ago, current efforts dwarf previous attempts in both scale and complexity. The PRC is expanding the number of its land-, sea-, and air-based nuclear delivery platforms while investing in and constructing the infrastructure necessary to support further expansion of its nuclear forces. The Undersecretary noted that in coming years, the U.S. expects China’s warheads to exceed 1,000. Russia, the worlds preeminent nuclear power, also remains a challenge. “We see Russia brandishing its nuclear weapons in the context of the Ukraine conflict and also possessing novel nuclear capabilities that are designed to challenge our escalation calculus.The stakes are incredibly high.” Dalton noted that During the Cold War, the U.S. maintained top-notch nuclear deterrence, and the domestic defense industry stood ready to provide whatever was needed. But since the fall of the Soviet Union, and with the U.S. focused on other parts of the world for the past 20-plus years, the U.S. must now up its game. “We mortgaged our nuclear modernization for 30 years. We had the post-Cold War peace dividend… But the fact is, the bills are now way past due, and in that time, our competitors went to school on us, and they caught up.” With U.S. defense underpinned by its nuclear deterrent, modernization of that capability is a top priority for the Department of Defense, she stressed. Air Force Gen. Anthony Cotton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, said that while two-thirds of the nuclear triad, the ground systems and the aircraft-based systems belong to the Air Force — the submarine systems belong to the Navy — modernization is not just an Air Force effort or even just a Navy effort. “It is imperative that we understand that it’s not a Department [of Defense] imperative that we maintain the nuclear security and nuclear triad,” he said. “It is a national imperative. It’s national policy that the foundation of what we hold dear, the framework of that is nuclear deterrence. And to add to that, and I’ve seen this in the last 19 months of being in command, our allies and partners are counting on us more than ever.” Last year, Senator John Kennedy (R-La) warned that “Today, we no longer face just one threat. Russia still maintains the world’s largest nuclear arsenal, but China’s nuclear stockpile is growing rapidly. North Korea continues to threaten our allies with its collection of nuclear weapons. And, thanks to the disastrous Iran nuclear deal, Iran is marching ever closer to developing nuclear weapons of its own. The United States must now counter nuclear superpowers in both China and Russia while also deterring the itchy trigger fingers of unstable dictators like Kim Jong Un and the Ayatollah in Iran. We should be innovating and preparing our nuclear arsenal for this new global dynamic, but instead, our nuclear stockpile remains stuck in the Cold War. Simply put: America’s nuclear stockpile is old and shrinking. And while modernizing our nuclear arsenal should be a top priority, our effort to restart nuclear weapon production has been riddled with delays and poor planning. And we don’t have time to waste.” Photo: A Titan II missile on display inside the missile silo at Missile Site 8 in Green Valley, Ariz. (DoD)