The Syria Connection

The NY Times reports on a delegation from Syria (story here) visiting Pyongyang. Apparently Israel's recent air strikes on what it claimed were nuclear development sites in Syria (completely in violation of international law and with the logistical support of the US) have not dampened the relationship with N Korea, which is accused of providing the technical support for the targeted weapons program. That N Korea even has the available nuclear materials to supply Syria (a move that is unimaginable given the recent progress made between the US and N Korea in halting its nuclear program) is a direct result of yet another abysmal failure of Bush Administration foreign policy. Of course now that the N Korean genie is out of the bottle concessions are being made, concessions that (if made earlier) would have prevented N Korea from resuming its nuclear program which had been stalled when the Bush administration took office. I don't see how N Korea could have been expected NOT to resume its nuclear program after having been dubbed one of the countries in Bush's fatuous "Axis of Evil", especially after the ludicrously justified destruction of another country in that demonic triumvirate.