"Well, if Hamas attacked Baltimore, south Chicago or parts of Detroit , they'd likely do millions of dollars in improvements."
I would not celebrate the fiery demise of Washington DC at all on its own merits. Nor would I weep unconsolably. Architecture can be accurately reproduced, faded, original documents from 1776 era have their own special protections.
But yes.
We're talking nukes.
Innocents _would_ be incinerated. And... we would probably lose a few good legislators.
But in the larger scheme, who should complain the loudest if Hamas, Iran, Russia, China, or some MAGA mad scientist pushing the button from his own back yard in Hoboken, NJ or Moscow, ID.