“Since this is standard operating procedures in war, why aren’t we doing so???”
That’s what they’re trying so hard to get us to do. Think it through — where do their weapons and training come from and whose objectives would be accomplished if we directly engaged that entity?
The entire history says that if Iran is smacked with much superior force & loses significant assets or people (see “Trump”, for example), the mullahs will squawk and then back down.