Have I heard it seriously suggested that we use nuclear weapons against them? No, though I’ve heard plenty of faceitous comments to that effect. The fact is, with today’s weaponry, it wouldn’t take nuclear weapons to do plenty of damage to an already fragile Middle East and do untold damage to the innocent along with the enemy.
I dont have the numbers available right off hand, but didnt the fire bombing of Tokyo and the successive bombing of Drezden cause more deaths than the two atomic bombs?