“...everyone has acknowledged that the United States has been in a defensive position against Iran...”
A bald-faced lie and they are not called on it. If anything, we are in a “restrained” position for the sake of the Persian population. These people (press) just really hate us. You didn’t see crap of this level until 1960’s and it just gets worse.
If that’s true, we can’t be “restrained” any longer. Because the “restrained” approach isn’t working.