[Ha'aretz] Reuven Pedatzur - North Korea's ballistic missile test last week was bad news for Israel in the example it set for Iran's leaders. Ignoring threats and warnings not to try out the missiles, Kim Jong-Il has paved the way for other leaders wishing to arm themselves with weapons of mass destruction. He exposed those trying to block his nuclear program, headed by the U.S., as ineffectual and proved that whoever has nuclear weapons becomes immune to military attack. Policy makers in Jerusalem and Washington should be concerned that Iran will draw conclusions from last week's missile tests and accelerate its development of nuclear weapons.
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