This is an extremely important factor in why we went into Iraq. This "axis of evil" stuff mentioned by the President was no joke. There were several people putting out the word that Syria, Libya and (unofficially Pakistan and Red China) also deserved to be in that axis and personally, I would have agreed with that take.
There is time to deal with these still, but I think we've managed in the interim to add a few rats: France and Germano and Canadio peaceniks along with the typical Demodogs.
Yes, and that's depressing: pretty soon we'll only be able to respect Australia. The rest of the planet apparently are filthy rats.