“I would use this attack as an opportunity to take out critical military and oil production infrastructure and then issue our own UN Resolution 51 statement.”
The IRGC is the center of gravity for the Iranian Regime, and has already been formally designated a terrorist organization (subject to the existing Congressional Authorization for the Use of Military Force).
They are also likely to be the ones firing the missiles at the US bases (of at least ordering it, but they have big organic rocket/missile units in the IRGC).
Use this as an opportunity to strongly disrupt them, including killing Soleimani’s replacement.
Let a hundred cruise missiles fly. Then tell them we won’t escalate unless they respond. We can play that game a lot longer then they can.
They started firing over the border.
Oh yeah,
Lets blow up a bunch of the air defense assets around the Capital City too, just to rattle their cages.
At their full strength they are so massively outmatched that it would be a pointless waste of the high ground. Those assets are of no use to them against our wrath should it be unleashed.
We got Solemani and a pledge not to attack Americans, gave up nothing in return, and the total cost was one airstrike. Let’s take the clean win and see what happens moving forward.