The Center for a New American Security (CNAS), comprising largely former, mostly Democrat administration foreign policy and defense officials, in a new study — “Risk and Responsibility: Managing Future Iranian Weapons of Mass Destruction Threats” — tries to sell the notion that Iran armed with nuclear, biological and chemical offensive weapons will be an acceptable risk. CNAS is a source of staff and “expertise” to the Biden Administration. Unfortunately, their idea is preposterous.
Based on three tabletop exercises, the CNAS report concludes that “even if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon, the likelihood the regime will use it is low.”
Therefore, according to CNAS, the Biden Administration is justified in its plans to “accept risks in the Middle East and against future Iran threats” in order to “better address the long-term ‘pacing challenge’ posed by China.”
