[Barlowmaker]

A tactical nuke makes sense at Tora Bora. Or in some remote Al Qaida/Taliban 11,000 foot elevation bunker in SW Pakistan. The underground Nuke Lab in Iran. Dear Leader's compound in Pyongyang.

Hey, sawing the head off an innocent American contractor isn't really that much different than intentionally blowing an Iraqi family of five into hamburger with a half ton bomb. Except you escalate the innocent death toll fivefold.

Fortunately, that's a truth that every sane and responsible person knows. It's exactly why we aren't doing the things for which I see folks on this thread screeching.

[Gucho]

"Except you escalate the innocent death toll fivefold."

How may innocents were lost in a heartbeat during the twin towers crash?