... "Just nuke them!!" ...

... and ...

... "Let's turn that part of the world into glass." ...

... as having been meant literally.

Perhaps that was my mistake and the comments were hyperbole. If that's the case, I can only say that IMO hyperbole of that extreme has no place in a reasoned discussion of what should be done about the terrorists in Iraq (or anywhere else).

----- jim o\-S