A nuclear program has arguably worked as a deterrent for North Korea and other states - would Moammar Gadhafi have been deposed and summarily killed if Libya had had nuclear weapons? Iranians might not think so.
From Richard Engel
Afghanistan does have an air force: It has two C-130s. I saw one of them. It was nice, a gift from the United States. But two planes don't even make a Caribbean charter airline, let alone an air force for a country at war.
President Bashar Assad's regime is in the unique position of being targeted both by Israel and supporters of al Qaeda.
Israel specifically does not want Syria to hand over weapons, chemical or conventional, to Hezbollah.
If Israel sees weapons moving toward its border, it acts.
Every war has revolutionary justice.
Egypt has a presidential system. The president runs the state. Who the president is matters profoundly.
Every country where the the United States maintains troops has a status of forces agreement.
Hezbollah and the government are only two of 18 political factions in Lebanon, most of them armed. There are militant Christian groups, Palestinian radicals, al-Qaida, Druze militias and even armed bands of Marxists still operating in Lebanon.
Hamas is a Palestinian political party with an aggressive militant wing.
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