Reply #61: Yeah, that works.

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The only way Iran will be prevented from getting nukes is by making them not want them. Look at N. Korea, Pakistan, India, and Israel, all of whom were highly motivated to get nukes. They (nukes) are actually a pain in the ass. Expensive, and they make you a target for the same. Nobody in their right mind wants them for any reason but as a deterrent. So if you want state so-and-so, which is toying with nuclear power, to not think about that, you give them security assurances, you make nice, perhaps negotiate verification, and you do business so that it becomes too painful for them to bother with and they don't see that they need them.