You claim that “WE were attacked,” and yet there you have a video of John Bolton telling an audience in 2017 that the U.S. was going to topple the Iranian regime before 2019.
If the Chinese defense minister made a public statement like that about toppling the U.S. government and then the Chinese military began flying combat and surveillance aircraft along the length of our border with Mexico, do you think maybe we would consider that an overt act of hostility? You’re damn right we would.
We have not been at peace with Iran since the Ayatollahs took over.
The Ayatollahs have been championing “Death to America” for the entire period.