The Iran-North Korea Connecton

With all eyes on North Korea following their rocket launch on Saturday night, perhaps the United State's focus has fallen off Iran. This would be a mistake.

There is no doubt a strong connection exists between North Korea and Iran. It has been widely recognized that North Korean rockets and missiles have been transferred into the hands of the Iranian military. Mid-range intercontinental missiles from North Korea were sold to Iran years ago, and at least one Syrian nuclear reactor was modeled off a North Korean reactor.

As North Korea improves and modernizes their missile and nuclear capabilities, so too does Iran. The United States must focus on both fronts simultaneously, and work to shut down transactions of military technology between the two nations. The well being of nations like Israel, South Korea, and Japan perhaps lay in the balance.

It is a well known fact in military tactics that fighting on two fronts at once almost always ends in disaster. If the American leadership does not take seriously the Iran-North Korea connection, and attempt to sever it, they may one day be fighting such a two-fronted military campaign.