>There are people in the U.S. who would be content to see some nuclear bombs dropped on Iraq to "solve" the problems there once and for all. There are nut-cases everywhere.
You meant Iran, right?. I don't think nuclear bomb would be necessary at this time, maybe a 20,000 lbs one on the nuclear facility, that's another story.
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