The UN Security Council would never give us a resolution to bomb the ME back into the stone age (not that the ME is all that far removed from the stone age to begin with).
Seriously, though, while I share your enthusiasm, I have far less faith in the American sheeple's resolve, even in the aftermath of a nuclear attack.
I think I'm of the same opinion.
They'd sooner riot over some rock star or loss of some hideous new 'right' than something substantial.