The discourse (so far) about the Iran deal has been rather discouraging so far

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2. It rather depends if the Iranians really are trustworthy.

There have been suspicions that even under prior agreements there were off-the-books projects that still proceeded.

A number of people also remember with a bit of chagrin how Pakistan developed a bomb in secret. The first announcement that they were working on a nuclear bomb was the seismograph traces that pointed to a specific kind of seismic source in the wrong place.

That left Pakistan out of large portions of the international community for a limited time. Then the WTC was struck and Pakistan became indispensible. So in exchange for helping to track down mass murderers, Pakistan demanded that not only their transgressions be forgiven but they also be given billions of dollars in aid. They still play this game: They officially protest what could be stopped with an order from the government; they protest drone strikes that could be prohibited. The protests are face saving measures for political spin; behind the scenes they're glad for the money and don't mind the deaths caused by the strikes. That's the level that politicians go to, to the delightedly grateful visages of their benighted supporters.