One small — or not so small — point. If Derb considers it a priority to keep anti-American regimes from getting nukes, isn’t keeping radical regimes from getting rich a good place to start? Wealth is a good advanatge when it comes to buying nukes on the black market etc.

Clarification: By the way, my point above wasn’t to keep radical Arab regimes poor but to keep them from becoming radical if they’re going to become rich through oil.