Killing people indiscriminately and in large numbers with nuclear weapons is not a nice thing. But it happens to be the most reliable way to minimize the deaths of Americans. If a madman gets a nuclear weapon within range of US forces and expresses the intent to use it on them, then nothing it too extreme to prevent that from occuring. That should go for North Korea, Iran, and whatever regime overthrows Musharraf in Pakistan. It's too bad that no leader in this country will ever have Truman's stomach.
Shame that Truman didn't have it, either.
"It's too bad that no leader in this country will ever have Truman's stomach."
We have the most powerful military in the history of the world, but it looks like one or more of our cities will be toasted by nukes before we actually use it.
Then we we will be able to elect a leader like Truman who has the will to protect our people by any means necessary.