对伊朗来说，2003年卡扎菲交出利比亚大规模杀伤性武器表明，一个政权在外交关系正常化后仍然会被国际社会视为不受欢迎者，卡扎菲之所以在2011年被推翻，很大程度上是因为他放弃了建立核威慑的机会。
For Iran, Muammar el-Qaddafi’s 2003 relinquishment of Libya’s weapons of mass destruction demonstrates how a regime, still considered a bête noire by the international community even after normalization of diplomatic relations, arguably forfeited its survival in 2011 by forgoing the chance to build a nuclear deterrent.