Im pretty much on board with your way of thinking however im not sure this particular point is realistic.

Its impossible to hit just "them" with nuclear weapons. Terrorism works due to the fact that terrorist embed themselves in normal society. I agree nuclear means would work but you would kill many "innocent" people as well. We are a diplomatic country concerned with the rest of the way the world views us, and what would they think if we did such a thing?

In this particular case im with you becuse it would work. We should make the statement "take care of your problems that affect us becuase if we have do do it for you you wont like how it ends". Pretty soon middle east civilians would fight back against terrorist becuase if they dont they know theyll be wiped of the face of the earth by us.

To bad this will never happen...