We started this by assassinating IRGC leaders (and also other leaders who could have served as moderates or counter-balances to them). All of this is basically

We started this by assassinating IRGC leaders (and also other leaders who could have served as moderates or counter-balances to them). All of this is basically the full of shitty planning. Further continuation of the war will likely only fracture the IRGC and make further peace deals even more unreachable. Now if we actually had competent leadership who could make wartime decisions that actually lead to our benefit, the calculus would be different. But as it stands now, further war only strengthens the worst of the worst actors in Iran. --------- Like seriously, it's like people didn't study WW2 and our decision to keep the Japanese Emperor alive/protected (why our nukes and firebombings were so far away from the Emperor). We used to think ahead and figure out the correct people worth negotiating with as part of our wartime strategy.