They don’t want to negotiate. They want their aggression throughout the region to be accepted as the status quo.
You can’t negotiate with people who want you dead..Its the same garbage I hear from people who say they want to have “Peace” with the Palestinians, uh, they dont want peace, they want dead Jews, that to them is “peace”
Well then now is there chance. An attack with no U.S casualties after taking out their #2 is the best you could ask for. If they keep going that’s another story but if they stop there that’s a message in and of itself of you ask me.