
I mean they have the choice between giving us what we want and having some economic benefits from doing so or we can just keep hitting them while the most the Iranian regime can do is just harass shipping and fire drones at buildings in the Middle East. We can escalate this much further than they can ever hope to. they know that. They also know we would prefer not to do that. The Iranian regime isn’t stupid, merely cruel and Is sort of like an annoying neighbor who
They provided funding for Isis, Hamas, the Houthis, military aid to the Assad regime in Syria, drones to Russia to launch at Ukraine, they have been harassing commercial ships for decades. They have provided support to Al shabaab, and weapons to insurgents who killed Americans in Iraq. They have been involved drug smuggling across the world and a hell of a lot more. And you want to call us the bad guys lmao.
The European hospital in Gaza is a prime example. Also when you do that with infrastructure that is protected under the laws of war it loses all protection and becomes a legitimate military target. Hamas knew that and did it anyway because they wanted Israel to look like the bad guy