You wrote:

No, it's the fact that America would throw nukes around with abandon
if
anybody tried a WMD attack against America. Any country that could be
tied to a radioactive, bio, or chem attack would become a sheet of
radioactive fused glass quite rapidly after pulling off such an
attack.

Not a fact, an opinion. Not disagreeing, mind you, just making sure
you don't unintentionally pass yourself off as a clairvoyant.
Bruce Jensen