Nuclear terrorism hasn't been a trope in mass media for about 10 years, and 20 years since Graham Allison's book Nuclear Terrorism: The Ultimate Preventable Catastrophe. This book convinced Warren Buffett that it was a serious problem. And, that's what's so stupid about ending aid unilaterally without understanding the totality of implications of doing so. When a mushroom cloud sprouts over Los Angeles, it won't be the plot device of 24 anymore and nothing will be able to change what coulda, shoulda, or woulda been possible after-the-fact.