President Bush Admits to North Korean Proliferation

I think North Korea has now officially gotten away with proliferating nuclear technology to Syria:

US President George W. Bush said today he expects North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and not allow other countries to gain its know-how on producing such technology and weapons.

"We expect them to honour their commitment to give up weapons and weapons programs," Mr Bush said. "To extent that they are proliferating, we expect them to stop their proliferation."

Mr Bush’s comments came after he declined to answer questions about reports from the US intelligence community of concerns that North Korea may have helped Syria with nuclear activities.

North Korea said on Wednesday that such allegations were groundless conspiracy fabricated by those who oppose the North’s improving ties with Washington.  [Herald-Sun]

"To the extent that they are proliferating, we expect them to stop their proliferation"?  WTF?  President Bush admits the North Koreans are proliferating and yet this does not affect all the aid and compromises the US government is giving to North Korea?  It appears that the Syrians and North Koreans calculated correctly that the world community and the United States would not respond in any meaningful way even if they were caught proliferating nuclear technology.  The world community simply does not care because after all a nuclear Iran or Syria would only be used to threaten Israel which many in the world community would not mind. 

The United States is now to invested in keeping the appearance that the diplomatic process has been successful on the Korean peninsula before confronting Iran on their nuclear program.  The US governments desperation to perpetuate the "Myth of Progress" is truly astounding.  I really hope the "Six Party Charade" and the sell out of a sound North Korea policy is worth the setting of conditions to bomb Iran.