While hundreds of thousands of ordinary people were starving to death in North Korea, Kim Jong Il invested in nukes, not food.  If that doesn't tell you the character of the Kim regime, nothing will. It's expensive and difficult to develop nuclear weapons. Iran is reportedly having trouble with its uranium refinement at Natanz. However,  Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard officers were seen observing Kim's recent multiple missile launch, including a botched ICBM launch aimed at Hawaii.  It makes sense that the Iranians and North Koreans have been working together on missiles and nuclear weapons.  If so, Tehran's technical problems with enrichment may be solved very soon. Tehran has the oil money and the NoKos have the technology. Together, they are surely speeding things up. They are in a hurry, and the faster they move, the sooner they will have an unbeatable weapon. Last year a leaked National Intelligence Estimate estimated that Tehran will  have nukes in...(Read Full Post)