Originally Posted by
jolihokistix
Lonewolf, I think you are on your own here.
No-one suggested they could attack Washington, well, not this year anyway. That wasn't even the point. But if you want to talk about present capabilities, they have already had some success with missile salvos onto US bases in Iraq, causing some rather nasty brain injuries to US servicemen for a start. Not to mention mass attacks on Israel, shooting down Reaper drones, attacking and commandeering shipping into the Gulf, attacking Saudi oil facilities, using intel ships to direct Houthi fire, etc. Do we really want to stir that Republican Guard hornets' nest further by giving them a good whump?
In response to the last large attack on Israel, Iran got whumped pretty hard - in fact the word was their air defenses were largely knocked out in a manner that left them highly vulnerable to follow-on attacks if they didn't behave.
Now, I'm unsure that a pre-emptive attack from the US would be wise move (and could well prove to be counter productive). But Trump's wants their attention, and he's motivated to prevent Iran from obtaining nukes, and pretty much everyone is fed up with the agressive actions of their proxies - especially the attacks on shipping.