Iran has been at war with the U.S. since it seized our embassy in November, 1979. Unfortunately none of our presidents or congress critters have been willing to admit that.
A little known movie titled Deterrence...
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158583/
Well balanced. Equal opportunity lowlifes. Could be welcomed to a Halal dinner in Dearborn after lots of hugs.
Why can’t the President of the United States just get up and plainly say to the mullahs, “Now listen here you goddamned raghead sons of bitches!, we’ve had just about as much of your horseshit as we can stand, so we are going to find you and kill every goddamned one you bastards, until your people come to their senses, find their balls and, for the love of God, put an end to you and whatever remains of you when we get done! Is is this pusillanimous prig too skeered? Where the hell are the MEN in Washington?!
The U.S. and the U.K. had been meddling in Iran since the 1950s. There are no “good guys” in this fiasco.