The Geneva Conventions definatly apply here. So do the rules of engagement. What about Kosovo when we were liberating the people from Milosovic? Should we have dropped a nuke on them? We went there to free those people from a ruler that was commiting genocidea against his people and we met some resistance. We went to Iraq to free the people from the ruler of the insane Sadam Husein. The only reason we are still there is because we have to restore stability in the area. It is hard because a lot of people there don't want our help and it is religously fueled. It will just take some more time, and unfortunatly more American lives. It angers me that American lives have been lost helping others, but good people always make sacrifices to help weaker, less fortunate people. When people are frustrated (as you are spalind), they search for the easiest way out of a situation. Dropping a nuke would be easy, but would definately not be the best way. You said that you didn't mind if Russia would drop on Chechyna ect... Ever heard of the horror of Nuclear war? Have you ever studied the order of battle of countries in the middle east? Do you have a secret security clearance to know who has nukes, and who doesn't? Well, I do..and dropping a nuke on a Muslim country with the horrible reasons that you come with as an excuse would bring horrible revenge and war to America. There will probably never be another nuclear attack on this earth as long as the human race is alive. Nukes are used as deterents, and we are slowly decreasing our inventory. The day that a nuclear weapon is used, it will be the end of the world.