NORTH KOREA AND IRAN – AT 10:31 A.M. ET:   There's the fantasy world of Barack Obama and his team of undergraduates, and then there's the real world.  From the great Bill Gertz at the Washington Free Beacon: 

North Korea supplied several shipments of missile components to Iran during recent nuclear talks and the transfers appear to violate United Nations sanctions on both countries, according to U.S. intelligence officials.

Since September more than two shipments of missile parts have been monitored by U.S. intelligence agencies as they transited from North Korea to Iran, said officials familiar with intelligence reports who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Details of the arms shipments were included in President Obama’s daily intelligence briefings and officials suggested information about the transfers was kept secret from the United Nations, which is in charge of monitoring sanctions violations.

Critics of the U.S.-led nuclear framework agreement reached in Switzerland earlier this month have said one major deficiency of the accord is its failure to address Iran’s missile program, considered a key nuclear delivery system for the Islamist regime.

CIA spokesman Ryan Trapani declined to comment on the missile component shipments, citing a policy of not discussing classified information.

But other officials said the transfers included goods covered by the Missile Technology Control Regime, a voluntary agreement among 34 nations that limits transfers of missiles and components of systems with ranges of greater than 186 miles.

One official said the transfers between North Korea and Iran included large diameter engines, which could be used for a future Iranian long-range missile system.

COMMENT:  I hope Congress takes this up, and quickly.  Obama outdistances even Neville Chamberlain in appeasement.  Indeed, I'm not even sure he sees Iran and North Korea as enemies.  And we have a year and a half of this administration. 

What is remarkable is the shamelessness of the Obama crowd.  But they see no cause for shame.  Indeed, they're quite proud of what they're doing.

April 16, 2015