We can in terms of military power, but it takes the will.
And Iran is not there to help. They are taking advantage of the lack of will in our current liberal leaders.
And Iran is not there to help. They are taking advantage of the lack of will in our current liberal leaders Iran's there to help themselves. I'm sure they'll ask us to ease sanctions on them so they can more easily "help us out".
They'll probably also be able to gain all sorts of information about our capabilities while "working" side-by-side with us.