On January 6, Iran unveiled a new underground missile cache.
The video shows Emad precision-guided missiles lining the depot walls.
These particular missiles can be guided from launch to detonation and are capable
of carrying a nuclear payload.
They violate a 2010 United Nations Security Council resolution, indicating
that Iran should be in line for some new sanctions.
Iran knows it is violating the UN treaties and knows that the missile program draws
the ire of many in the international community. So why did Iran reveal the facility?
Iran knows it can wave its missile program in the face of President Barack Obama
and the international community and it will generate little response.
Iran knows that President Obama wants to see the nuclear deal fulfilled more
than anyone. He isn’t going to let Iran’s missile program derail the linchpin of his
foreign-policy “successes.” So if there were ever a time to reveal more of its arsenal
and attempt to legitimize it, now is that time.
Iran has ensured the safety of the missile tests and facilities by framing
the program as both separate to and inclusive with the nuclear program.
Every time President Obama pretends not to see the illegal missiles, the missile
program is legitimized, little by little. When Iran gets away with a missile test,
or secret missile bunkers are revealed with no consequence, it ensures that next
time the violation will be easier to ignore. And the time after that will be even easier.
In the end, why even bother sanctioning the program?
Iran knows that Mr. Obama is so close to his cherished deal being fulfilled that he will choose
appeasement over confrontation every time. If Iran wants to make its missile program appear
legitimate, now is the time to show it off—while the U.S. frets over the nuclear pact.
So if you were Iran today, you would be trying to expand your missile program as much
as possible before the nuclear deal is finished. That is exactly what we are seeing happen!
After the U.S. threatened more sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered his minister
of defense to ensure that the armed forces “quickly and significantly increase their missile capability.”
He went further, threatening even more missile programs if the U.S. continues its “illegitimate
interference with Iran’s right to defend itself.”
Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama | Reuters
Iran is not interested in de-escalation. It is pushing the program as much as it can while it has
this window of immunity. That window closes once the nuclear deal is enacted.
The video shows Emad precision-guided missiles lining the depot walls.
These particular missiles can be guided from launch to detonation and are capable
of carrying a nuclear payload.
They violate a 2010 United Nations Security Council resolution, indicating
that Iran should be in line for some new sanctions.
Iran knows it is violating the UN treaties and knows that the missile program draws
the ire of many in the international community. So why did Iran reveal the facility?
Iran knows it can wave its missile program in the face of President Barack Obama
and the international community and it will generate little response.
Iran knows that President Obama wants to see the nuclear deal fulfilled more
than anyone. He isn’t going to let Iran’s missile program derail the linchpin of his
foreign-policy “successes.” So if there were ever a time to reveal more of its arsenal
and attempt to legitimize it, now is that time.
Iran has ensured the safety of the missile tests and facilities by framing
the program as both separate to and inclusive with the nuclear program.
Every time President Obama pretends not to see the illegal missiles, the missile
program is legitimized, little by little. When Iran gets away with a missile test,
or secret missile bunkers are revealed with no consequence, it ensures that next
time the violation will be easier to ignore. And the time after that will be even easier.
In the end, why even bother sanctioning the program?
Iran knows that Mr. Obama is so close to his cherished deal being fulfilled that he will choose
appeasement over confrontation every time. If Iran wants to make its missile program appear
legitimate, now is the time to show it off—while the U.S. frets over the nuclear pact.
So if you were Iran today, you would be trying to expand your missile program as much
as possible before the nuclear deal is finished. That is exactly what we are seeing happen!
After the U.S. threatened more sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered his minister
of defense to ensure that the armed forces “quickly and significantly increase their missile capability.”
He went further, threatening even more missile programs if the U.S. continues its “illegitimate
interference with Iran’s right to defend itself.”
Defiant Iran pledges to ramp up missile program, in challenge for Obama | Reuters
Iran is not interested in de-escalation. It is pushing the program as much as it can while it has
this window of immunity. That window closes once the nuclear deal is enacted.
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