> Islamic Religious Fanatics will not be cowed. <
That’s absolutely right, a key point. The mullahs are more like Imperial Japanese Army officers during WW2 than anything else. They wanted to fight on even after two atomic bombs were deployed.
Then the question becomes, what to do about Iran? Atomic bombs are off the table, obviously. So is a massive ground invasion.
So what’s left? Endless bombing? Hope for a revolution within Iran?
Yes. Also include hunter killer drones, sending arms to the resistance and using the Israelis to assassinate people, which is a job we can't do.