Precisely! At the time, I advocating sinking it with the highest-yield thermonuclear device in our inventory -- right in the middle of their stinking city. Had we done that, all this Iranian hostage-taking, for example, never would have happened.
IMHO, the Pueblo was one big missed opportunity to establish what would happen to anyone who messed with the western powers -- and to put the ultimate fear in the hearts of rogue states and terrorists.
'zackly.
Och, nukes are expensive. Nothing a few satchel charges can't fix.