New York Post
Sep 13, 2024
Iran is set to go nuclear, thanks to Biden — and the mullahs want Harris to win
By Post Editorial Board
As November approaches, it’s crucial to remember that Iran wants Kamala Harris to win — and may, per a new analysis, be in a position to rush a nuclear weapon to readiness as the US election fight continues.
The Islamic Republic now has the technical know-how and resources to get more than a dozen nuclear bombs online in just four months — possibly before Joe Biden, the man who enabled this, officially leaves office on Jan 21, 2025.
Tehran’s enriched more than 6,200 kilograms of uranium to the 5%, 20% and 60% levels.
Under Trump, the mullahs generated less than 2,400 of low-enriched uranium.
But it has since majorly upped its tech game, and now has more than 7,400 of the advanced centrifuges needed to rapidly enrich the radioactive ore.
Along with other tech advances that will allow it to replace lab work on the bomb with computer modeling, which is far easier to conceal and far quicker.
Worse still, it has reactivated its Fordow enrichment site and is reportedly building a new site near the Natanz facility, one sunk so deep in the earth it would be immune to offensive strikes.
In other words, America’s most committed enemy in the Middle East and the world’s leading sponsor of terrorism now stands on the cusp of a strategic breakthrough that will see it empowered beyond anyone’s worst nightmares.
This is, along with the US border crisis, the chief national-security inheritance the Biden-Harris administration will leave behind.
An Iran empowered beyond the regime’s wildest hopes during the Trump years — an Islamic Republic even more daring and dangerous, even more committed to becoming the region’s hegemon than in the Obama years (when Washington first made its absurd turn toward Tehran).
We’ve seen what Iran is willing to do without an operational nuclear arsenal:
Order its proxy armies to strangle shipping in the Red Sea, attack US assets and kill US troops.
Give the green light for the most brutal massacre of Jews since the Holocaust.
Continue its efforts to disrupt the US elections via intel operations and plans to assassinate GOP nominee Donald Trump.
Can you imagine what an Iran with nukes will dare?
The possibilities are endless and nightmarish, and make a joke of Biden’s concerns about escalation: Letting Iran go nuclear is the ultimate escalation.
But the truly terrifying part is that Americans may not have to imagine the consequences: If Kamala Harris wins in November, they will see the terror and bloodshed for themselves.