A bludgeon is a club in essence. Son Tay was an Army Operation, it was not multi-Service. If Iran had been run solely as say an Army Special op will support from the AF, then it would have been different, but the whole thing was micro managed by the Nuc in the Oval Office.
I get you now, by the way make sure that you look into “the guts to try” by Colonel Kyle USAF and if you are interested in Delta Force of that time and the raid, check out “Delta Force” by Charlie Beckwith.