Iran seems to be one of those coutries trapped under abad regime, I have spoken with half a dozen people who have been their recentlya nd they all say how firnedlya nd helpful iranian people are.
they are not alone in thesis predicament , both UK and UA could be portrayed as having dysfunctional governments at the moment and if anyone's navy has a right to be in the Persian Gulf and Straits of Hormuz it is Iran. Of course while thy have such a bizare government they need to be contained and watched over in the event thy get more into terrorism but as several people here have pointed out B52s are not much use without targets.
I wonder if this has anything to do with UK Foreign Minister Jeremy *unt saying Britain needs to spend more on its military so it can continue 'hard power protection' this from a man who brought us the three week wait for a GP health service and a country whose road network resembles parts of Africa
We need to spend on defence but the spooky techie kind not redundant strike aircraft and nuclear subs which are most likely US surrogates anyway.