How do you think they will act if, after that, we let what’s left of them remain in power? Now they’re like a wounded animal seeking revenge. At least before they seemed to be mostly plodding along on their own in the nuclear pursuit. But now, even if they actually turn over their uranium (which I don’t think they will ever do) they will have nothing to lose. I can easily see them agreeing to some meaningless “deal” only to wait for us to fall asleep again before buying (or trading for) a nuke, or several, from someone like North Korea, or Pakistan, or China (I think Russia is less likely to be that stupid) and come after us with a suddenly very real nuclear mini-arsenal, driven by a burning desire for revenge.
The ONLY way to end this threat is to end the regime, period, whatever it takes. You don’t leave a wounded animal alive. There are still millions of Iranians desiring the removal of this regime, and waiting to take their country back, but we have been sending such mixed signals they now can’t dare stick their necks out lest Trump suddenly strike some “deal” that leaves them at the mercy of these murderous devils. We had unprecedented momentum building among the Iranian public at the same time that we were prosecuting a relentless military campaign, total victory was in sight, and then we just stopped and sat on our hands while we pursued an unattainable easier way out.
What happened to “get in, win the war, and get out?” Striking some fantasy deal with these monsters that leaves them in power is NOT victory. It will leave a worse problem than the one that drew us in in the first place. SMASH these bastards, and get fully behind the Iranians who CLEARLY want to replace them with a pro-western, modern society.