[Wallaby]

But read on: "The move is in direct response to the September 11 atrocities and a possible terrorist backlash after any military strike against Iraq." The problem with the title is not with the word 'standby' it is with the word 'nuke'.

[The Great Satan]

You are right, of course, as both logic and perusal of the details of this article affirm. And this is not the first time in the last ten months that the word "nuke" has been used as a nicely-hypothetical proxy for a much more concrete threat -- one that starts with an "A" and ends with an "X."