NOTE: When Israel bombed the facility in Syria, the belief was that the Israeli military may have been acting on intelligence that North Korea was helping Syria build facilities to make nuclear weapons. Israel believed that Syria would use these weapons against them.  Possibly to avoid forcing Syria into war by publicly acknowledging the bombing, the Israeli government enforced strict censorship rules on its media, and banned even senior officials from discussing the raid.  Syria denied the existence of a nuclear weapons facility, and only admitted that Israel breached its airspace, but insists it did not bomb anything.

1.  When did Israel bomb a nuclear facility in Syria?

2.  Which country's government was assisting the Syrians in building the nuclear facility?

3.  What proof do U.S. intelligence officials have that it was a nuclear weapons facility?

4.  Why are U.S. intelligence officials briefing Congress about this issue, according to State Department spokesman Sean McCormack?

5.  The U.S. is involved in six-party talks with North Korea. (Read information below on the six-party talks.) 
a) What has the U.S. insisted that North Korea disclose as part of a deal reached in the six-party talks last year?
b) How did Pyongyang (Kim Jong Il's government) respond?

OPTIONAL:  The next time you hear a person complain about the U.S. being a bully, ask them to think about our patience with North Korea.