G-man, you're a right wing voice that can make a decent case, am i just being a whiney liberal or do i make a fair point?
I'd say you're a whiny liberal ...but concede your point is reasonable, albeit one I happen to disagree with.
As PJP points out, no matter what we do, terrorists will try to use it as a recruiting tool.
However, I can understand your fear that the use of a nuke is so...apocolyptic...that it could be viewed as something outside the bounds of normal war.
To be honest, when I say "nuke" the mideast I can't say that I really mean literally use a nuclear weapons.