And yet and yet. Why?

The overwhelming fact of life in the year 2026 is that Iran is not remotely a military threat to the liberty and security of Americans. Not in Washington DC or Podunk Iowa or anywhere else from sea-to-shinning-sea. Period. Full stop.

Yet real, credible threat of military attack is the one and only reason for a peaceful, constitutional republic to go to war—and most especially to initiate military attacks on the far side of the planet.

That is to say, if you do really believe that America should remain a liberty-based, solvent constitutional republic then you don't initiate foreign wars just because the target country has bad leaders who oppress their people, or disagreeable religious beliefs and practices, or the wrong allies or even has purportedly acted aggressively against other countries in its regional neighborhood.