Falujah was a stupid political decision by GW. All to keep the peace with his Wahhabi friends from Saudi Arabia.
By the way nukes were not necessary a simple ultimatum, give up your weapons and leave, would have done wonders, if it didn’t, then a few Daisy Cutters would have been quite enough.
IMHO nukes were neccessary, only nukes would instill the absolute terror needed to get these idiots to realize we are deadly serious this time and in the words of the borg “resistance is futile”.