To contain communism, thinking was Vietnam went comunist it would spread more globally.
God made the wrath of man to praise him when he hardened Pharaoh's heart to make him chase the Israelites, so he could save his people led by Moses by parting the Red Sea for them to cross to the other side and then drowning the Egyptians in it.
"<em>And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, that he shall follow after them; and I will be honored on Pharaoh, and on all his host; that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD. And they did so.</em>" - Exodus 14:4.
Local rfoads, not interstate highways
7 years. from 60 bc to 53 bc