Well. . . maybe they eliminated their nukes by selling 'em to the Syrians.
Exactly! As long as the transaction never makes it into the world press, there's no real down side. WE might be a bit vexed with them, but we'll also be so grateful they did as we asked (sorta) in shutting down their nuke program we'll be falling all over ourselves to offer them all kinds of aid...which they desperately need.