Though he "sure as hell" hopes it doesn't come to war, resorting to nukes is essentially what Representative Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) pitched during a recent C-SPAN interview, John T. Bennett of The Marine Times reports.

 

The nukes would just be the radioactive cherry on top of a more concerted pounding. First the U.S. should launch a "massive aerial bombing campaign" and then launch “tactical nuclear weapons,” Hunter, a senior Republican member of the Armed Services Committee, reportedly said.