I got this idea from Vince Flynn's book Memorial Day. In the book Al Queda gets it's hands on atomic bombs. The first one is intercepted but a second is smuggled into the us and is planned to go off in the white house during Memorial day celebrations in Dc. It is stopped but lets say it was successful and happened in real life. How would Americans react to the capital being nuked and more casualties than 9/11. Would there be a swing of patriotism and military enlistment. What would be the effects world wide?