fred

a major, critical blow to Russia may be de-clawing Iran, it will also be a major support for the wahabi imams in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere. In fact we will just do their job for them. We will show them that we are as “imperialistic” ( et cetera, et cetera, et cetera ad infinitum ) as they think we are so the soonest they start jihad the better. And we will help Saudis to get to the unimpeded leadership position among the muslim community. (Saudi Arabia is a competitor with Iran for being the leaders in the muslim world)
There is also one other major point – it seems that it would be difficult to target all the nuclear facilities in Iran with conventional weapons.