No offense meant to you personally, but some of us really need to change our mindset. In the middle east it is not about winning. It is about bringing the fight to the great Satan’s. We are too humane to take out the entire country. We would clearly neuter their military, but the political leadership will survive...and they will rule that part of the world.
Plus taking them out, effectively shuts down oil production in the area for years. That puts Russia front and center.
There is no good ending for this.
not sure why your point is, but i doubt the USN is as helpless as many posts here indicate. don’t you think our guys have been spending just a little time anticipating all this?
i still think we would take out Iranian assets quickly when hostility started. they won’t even get off the dock or pad.