While voluntary Iranian renunciation of nuclear weapons would be the best outcome for the West, there is no reason to believe that a nuclear-armed Iran would be a danger to the world. The floodgates to nuclear proliferation would not open; a more likely outcome would be a “balance of terror” between Israel and Iran, as exists between India and Pakistan.
我们由此得出什么结论呢？虽然伊朗自愿放弃核武器对西方来说是最好的结果，但是也没有理由认为拥有核武器的伊朗会成为世界的威胁。核扩散的安全阀不会打开；更可能的结果是在以色列和伊朗之间产生“恐怖平衡”，就像在印度和巴基斯坦之间存在的那样。