Good Tuesday morning and welcome to Jamie McIntyre’s Daily on Defense, written and compiled by Washington Examiner National Security Senior Writer Jamie McIntyre ( and edited by Victor I. “This has all happened on Joe Biden's watch because the Ayatollahs knew that Joe Biden didn't have the nerve to stand up to them.”īIDEN SAYS US WOULD USE FORCE AS 'LAST RESORT' TO STOP IRANIAN NUCLEAR WEAPON “Iran is racing toward the nuclear breakout because Joe Biden is engaging in endless negotiations with an anti-American regime that chants death to America. Why? Because they were afraid of America after President Trump authorized the killing of their terrorist mastermind Qasem Soleimani.” In fact, they barely got past the limits of enriched uranium under that nuclear deal in the Trump administration.
“When President Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal, he didn't empower, embolden Iran. Tom Cotton (R-AK) in an appearance on Fox following Kirby. “Unfortunately the previous administration pulled out of the deal and allowed Iran to continue to advance their capability and to build fissile material,” said Kirby on Fox. out of the agreement between Tehran and six world powers in 2018, for Iran’s current status as a “threshold state,” on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons. THE BLAME GAME: The Biden administration blames former President Donald Trump, who pulled the U.S. IRAN CAPABLE OF MAKING NUCLEAR BOMB, SENIOR OFFICIAL SAYS It would lengthen that breakout time, which is now too short for comfort, which has now dwindled well beyond where anyone would like to see it.” “A mutual return to compliance would put Iran's nuclear program back in a box. “And just as importantly, we're going to continue to make sure we have the capability and the capacity in the region, military and otherwise, to deal with their destabilizing activities.”Īt the State Department, spokesman Ned Price said Iran’s breakout time - the time it would take to amass enough fissile material to create a nuclear weapon - has decreased significantly, from about a year to “a matter of a few weeks or less.” “If they don't, then we're going to continue to put pressure on them with our allies and partners,” Kirby said. “It's up to Iran to see whether they're going to take it or not.” “There is a deal on the table now that JCPOA negotiations are complete,” said John Kirby, NSC coordinator for strategic communications, on Fox yesterday. Just last week, President Joe Biden said he would use military force as “a last resort” if Iran did not return to compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA. ‘TOO SHORT FOR COMFORT’: With Iran declaring it now has the “technical means” to build a nuclear bomb, the Biden administration insists there is still time for Iran to accept a negotiated deal to avert a showdown that could lead to military conflict.
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