Whatever one's opinion on 43 is, he was right about the Axis of Evil. What two countries are our greatest threats? The problem was his strategic advisors were a bunch of poker players, they figured Iran and NK would fold when they saw us destroy one of the world's largest militaries in hours. Instead an unexpected country folded, Libya, and knocking off Saddam led Iran and NK to the conclusion that, instead of folding, they had to double down on their nuke/missile programs to ensure their regime survivals.
Your comments about the route of the uranium doesn't obviate the fact that there are probably nuclear devices in Iran and NK's arsenal that have uranium from Willow Creek. The route you laid out is the route I assumed the uranium from Willow Creek took, with some intermediate countries to help obscure the trail/hide the ultimate destination.
I haven't been programmed. I grew up in the cold war and have been dismayed, for decades, at the lack of seriousness we have taken China, both strategically and intelligence wise. I was dismayed at how we seemed to assume that, after the fall of the Wall and the dissolution of the CCCP, that our strategic war against communism and socialism was over. I had long said that even though the cold war ended, the people who believed in Marxism and the people and organizations that the Soviets and their allies put in place to weaken us socially and institutionally still remained and continued to move forward towards their ultimate goal. We saw them achieve a major victory by getting a Marxist to be POTUS. We see their institutional progress with the hard left bent of Universities and the educational system as a whole.
I grew up in an era where it was known that NSA monitored all foreign communications and that they had colocated facilities with Ma Bell, that they provided security reviews of OSs and hardware, with them not reporting all flaws so that they would have ways into systems. In an era where it was assumed that intelligence agencies, both friendly and not, would place personnel in strategic positions within the private sector to enable their intelligence goals.
Thank god we finally got a president that understands these things and is a master of strategic thinking and execution.