"45 F117s and F-22s based in the region would carry out the initial waves of the attack, crippling Iran's long-range radar and strategic air defenses."
We are about ready to see why it was so vital to take Iraq.
I've been saying that for about two years. Libs in particular won't entertain that as a rapidly-becoming-obvious fact...
Iraq was a campaign, as was Afghanistan. Now Iraq is a staging base. Why don't people remember Island-hopping, a la WWII? That's what this is.