[hef19898]

Neither Libya nor Syria have them, do they? And Iran was close, but the treaty (the one the last US admin tore appart) stopped them for the time being.

[alephnerd]

Libya does not due to sanctions and diplomacy in 2003 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disarmament_of_Libya

Syria does not due to Israeli airstrikes in 2007 and sanctions until the Civil War began - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Outside_the_Box

Iran has started building again - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/01/world/middleeast/iran-mis...

None of what you are saying even contravenes my larger point though