The US should have put Iran and the Assahola’s out of business, permanently, in 1979. Instead, the man in charge wrung his hands and we all saw “America held hostage day xxx” for over a year. That was bs on our part and we’ve been paying in blood and treasure ever since. You simply cannot deal with people who only recognize force by any other means. You can’t “buy” friendship, and you and I can never get along, no matter how I may try,if your goal is to destroy me. IMHO we should avoid getting involved in conflict whenever possible, but it should also be made Very clear than the biggest mistake ANY nation could make would be to attack the US, because the price for doing so would be their destruction.