"We had NO bombs left as you have been repeatedly informed."
We could build MORE...... (George C. Scott voice:)while kicking Russky Ass!
Virtually NO Americans would have supported such an insane scheme even if it were to have worked.
Americans never think to well of treacherously stabbing one's ally in the back after a brutal fight against a common enemy.
While Machiavellians and practictioners of power politics regularly go for such mad actions Americans never have. They have always been burdened by excessive decency.