It typified moral dualism, technocratic abstraction, and above all the need to dominate that typifies the NeoCon mind, naming seven countries as targets for U.S. nuclear weapons—Russia, China, North Korea, Iraq, Iran, Libya, and Syria. By blending nuclear and conventional strike capabilities into a single “offensive strike” category, the administration sought to remove the taboos against using nuclear weapons, stripping away their apocalyptic aura and unfortunately increasing the risk of nuclear war. However, the United States has not been able to create a nuclear bunker buster capable of boring through hundreds of meters of solid mountain rock before detonating as it would have to do if attacking Iran’s missile bases and other facilities