Op-Ed Contributor - Blow Up the Well to Save the Gulf - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - Blow Up the Well to Save the Gulf - NYTimes.com: "The idea of detonating the well already has serious advocates. A few people have even called for using a nuclear device to plug the well, as the Soviet Union has done several times. But that would be overkill. Smartly placed conventional explosives could achieve the same results, and avoid setting an unacceptable international precedent for the “peaceful” use of nuclear weapons."