Why do we need to be next door to Iran if because they were trying to build an atomic weapon? We can find out what they are doing and bomb them without having lots of troops on the ground next door. In fact if we were going to take out nuclear facilities it would be better if more of our people are out of the area.
I still don’t get why we need to be there ... unless there is some kind of massive payment involved. In which case the soldiers are getting screwed ... they aren’t even getting a share of the spoils as it was in historical warfare.
If we had remained in Iraq, for example, ISIS wouldn't have gotten nearly as far as it did.
As far as bombing Iran...you can't indiscrimately bomb without intel. We would have had a lot more intel of the area with boots on the ground.