he question is not only whether this $1.7 billion, including some $1.3 billion taken from the pockets of American taxpayers, ended up in the hands of terrorists, but did any of it go to nuclear-testing North Korea?
Could Iran Use Its $1.7 Billion Cash Jackpot To Buy North Korean Nukes?
Forbes.com
Even beyond the danger that Iran could use its $1.7 billion in air-freighted cash to fund terrorists, North Korea’s fifth nuclear test reminds us that Iran could also use its U.S.-begotten trove of hard currency to buy nuclear weapons technology — or even the warheads themselves — from cash-hungry North Korea.
Congress might want to keep that risk in mind, as lawmakers debate how to address what appear to be two separate issues, cash for Iran and nuclear tests by North Korea. In an interconnected world, especially one in which America’s retreat has encouraged a rising network of anti-U.S. alliances, let’s take a moment to survey these two big dots.
