I think you my friend are naive and downright stupid. You have no idea the anger that will boil over in the US if nuclear detonations went off here. Imagine 9/11 time about 10,000. people will want blood even if it means ww3. Me included. I for one know the USAF plans would be to advise the prez to launch a full scale attack on Iran.
Specifically why do you think that? What in the response to 9-11 makes you think the USA would go nuclear on some nation's arse? There would be a response, but no nukes.
That's not naive nor stupid.
The USA isn't nuking anybody in that context, anytime.