[nathanbedford]

You mistake my meaning, I agree with you at least as far as changing our policy. I would not go as far as "vaporizing" with nuclear weapons but a little old-fashioned carpet bombing might encourage the others.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

I think the citizens of any given murdering-moslem town would be all over their would-be terrorists, to dial it back.

If done at all, it would probably only need to happen once.

A glass parking lot somewhere in a zero population zone, along with a sternly worded letter, would probably get the point across just as well

[Jim Noble]

Nuclear weapons have had only two potential moments for use in this conflict.

The first was December 2001 at Tora Bora. As soon as OBL's presence was identified there, we should have taken 2000 feet off the mountain and killed him and his entourage. Pour encourager les autres.

The second was at Fallujah, after the murder of the four contractors. Evacuate the city through sand berms with checkpoints. Arrest/detain bad guys. Then vaporize the place. Pour encourager les autres.