Iran’s dealings with North Korea left out in talks with the US.

An article at the FreeBeacon states:

“The Obama administration has excluded all non-nuclear Iranian belligerent and illegal activities from its nuclear diplomacy with Iran,” he said. “Iran’s ballistic missile program has been deliberately left out of the talks even though these missiles are being developed as nuclear weapon delivery systems.”

Fleitz said Iran’s role as a state sponsor of terrorism also has been excluded from the nuclear talks, along with Iranian aggression and subversion in the Middle East.

“Since the administration has overlooked this long list of belligerent and illegal Iranian behavior during the Iran talks, it’s no surprise it ignored missile shipments to Iran from North Korea,” he added.

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Henry Sokolski, head of the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, also said the latest report of North Korean missile technology exports to Iran “more than suggests why the administration had to back away from securing any ballistic missile limits in its negotiations” with Tehran.

http://freebeacon.com/national-security/north-korea-transfers-missile-goods-to-iran-during-nuclear-talks/

The Obama administration has seemed to look the other way in regard to North Korea. Perhaps they don’t see North Korea as an immediate issue, like the Clinton administration did, or as a terrorist threat, like the Bush administration did. The Obama administration has taken a diplomatic approach to Cuba and Iran in an attempt to create better relations with long-standing enemies. Perhaps ignoring the exchange of weapons technology to North Korea was done out of convenience, and to simplify the negotiations with Iran. Or maybe, we are also seeing a continuation of cold-war relations, by eliminating the enemies of the past but side-stepping continuing enemies for fear of angering China.

Russia is also continuing it’s positive relationship with North Korea, by providing them with fuel, agreeing to extradite criminals, creating new roadways between the countries, and forging new diplomatic and economic ties.

It appears as if we are seeing the formation of factions, just as during the cold-war days. Iran has been pulled into the United States’ corner, for now. However, if they are still trading arms to North Korea, then how strong will the new relationship with Iran continue to be?