I think 'suicide' may not be the precise analogy. It would be more like "take the second punch."
America as a whole has completely forgotten about 9/11. Even if Israel was nuked today, the Left would scream "chance for peace!" Only when there is a smoking crater (again) will the US have the unopposed right to retaliate w/nukes on the Middle East. Though it means tens/hundreds of thousands dead this time, and areas tox'd for decades, it's the only time that a US nuke strike will again be possible, politically on the world stage and even here.
And a nuke in the ME, as so many trigger-happy mushroom-cloud-over-Mecca Freepers know, is the only thing that will get through to them (as with us).... the reality of all-out-war.
Thing is, though, a pre-emptive nuke strike for us is not possible, and we'll never have the nerve to go nuke early enough to prevent a smoking crater.
The US should go before the general assembly and basically say that within the next few days it will launch a strike against Iran's nuclear capabilities as well as their oil facilities.
American should then ask the general assembly what they would rather have, a nuclear Iran or oil from Iran.