JINSA in Washington Post on Iran’s Ballistic Missile Test

“Senate concern about Iran’s recent ballistic missile test is welcome but unfortunately this letter reflects a lack of full appreciation of its import,” Michael Makovsky, chief executive of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), tells me.

“Senate concern about Iran’s recent ballistic missile test is welcome but unfortunately this letter reflects a lack of full appreciation of its import,” Michael Makovsky, chief executive of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), tells me. “The test is a result of the Iran deal, which 9 of the 11 letter signators signed, in two ways.” He explains that not only did the deal, at Iran’s insistence, leave out any discussion of intercontinental ballistic missiles, but more broadly “the deal marked the final collapse of American credibility, encouraging Iran to accelerate its ballistic missile program and other provocative acts (such as in Syria).”