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I don't recall anyone in a position of responsibility in the west proposing to "nuke North Korea" or "nuke Iran" in a first strike.
True enough. Do you think you ever will see that happen?
I think you'll find that possibly no one since the Cuban missile crisis has offered to explicitly be the state to make a nuclear first strike.
I have read pundits speculate that a tactical nuclear weapon might be hypothetically necessary to demolish an Iranian fortified underground facility that conventional weaponry would be unable to decisively destroy.
I am willing to entertain that that possibility would be justified by the aggressor as a "principled" limited use of the technology. Following an ultimatum, if it's by the US. Without a specific warning, if it's Israel, since they have already stated their opposition to nuclear facilities in Iran.