“ It would be nice if freedom loving Iranians stormed this mosque and took the flag down...themselves.“
Yep. We can give drone support and provide any weapons they need, but the people of Iran must throw off the yolk of the Islamic mullahs. Not our job.
Iran has no real way of competing with us. Their cround forces are half cold war era equipment, their navy is nearly non existant, their air force is made up of whatever antiquated planes are up for sale from other countries. They have no nukes, nor missiles that can reach the US. We have drones, a military budget that dwarfs theirs, the greatest air force in the world, and a president that has balks enough to turn Iran into a crater.