I still think that the only reason anyone has nukes is because everyone else has nukes. There's no real strategic use for them other then to prevent someone else from doing it. That said, this seems like a shitty idea.

If we use nuclear weapons, then other countries will feel like they can as well. Between Hu Jintao flexing his muscles as of late and that lunatic Kim Jong Il, this is most deffinately an inoppertune moment to be discussing how and why we should use nuclear weapons on other nations.

This seems like a sort of paniced approach to the fact that we've overextended our military strength in all different directions. Lacking the personell and time required to accomplish our goals in an organized and professional manner, certain people sound like they just want to chuck nukes at the problem to make it go away. I think that this would just cause us larger problems in the long run.