US- MAYBE 6000 warheads, average probably 200kt or less....

Gee- 24% of Iran.....ANd NOTHING left at all of the US stockpile.

beardedbruce, it is not necessary to cover the entire geographical area of Iran to completely destroy it. We managed to almost completely destroy Afghanistan without using a single nuclear weapon.

Re: Hitler... I'm not suggesting we rely on the good will of the Iranians. I'm suggesting that we rely on the survival instincts of the Mullahs. We didn't have "mutually assured destruction" as a deterrent when Hitler was doing his dirty work. And if the US does nuke Iran, then the US will have become the next Hitler. And then you and I will have to live with the fact that we didn't prevent that from happening.