As for these people suggesting total destruction of Iranian infrastructure is that going to help persuade the Iranian population to rise up against the Mullahs ? Or will America just create a huge shambles of a country of 93 million that hates the USA and is a haven for all the middle east terror groups . Perhaps mass exodus of refugees into neighbouring countries and generations of young people who blame the US for what happened to their country and thats without a couple of decades trying to rebuild the petro chemical infrastructure. At least the somewhat moderated approach does allow some possibility of Government change in the country. In addition it has thus far prevented Iranian all out strikes on the Gulf States and Saudi which would add more chaos the region , such as attacking desalination plants- almost all the giulf states have no natural fresh water and would rapidly become uninhabitable .