I think the fact that the US and Israel have both recently demonstrated that modern stealth aircraft can enter deep into Iran's airspace effectively unopposed makes that a very risky endeavour for the Iranians.
For the Iranian citizens I totally agree. They would be absolutely screwed seven ways to Sunday. Many of the Mullah's and military however are deep underground, far deeper and in bigger under ground cities than our bombers can reach. Their government structure is challenging in that somewhere just over 25k Mullah's can step up and take control. I know I am over-simplifying it. The other problem is that Russia and a handful of other countries would likely assist them. I don't know what side Turkey would flip to. We also gave up on the Houthis, though I'm sure others saw that differently. Either way I think they could just wait us out until we ran out of resources. I am trying to find a way to put a positive spin on this but I just can't.
For the Iranian citizens I totally agree. They would be absolutely screwed seven ways to Sunday. Many of the Mullah's and military however are deep underground, far deeper and in bigger under ground cities than our bombers can reach. Their government structure is challenging in that somewhere just over 25k Mullah's can step up and take control. I know I am over-simplifying it. The other problem is that Russia and a handful of other countries would likely assist them. I don't know what side Turkey would flip to. We also gave up on the Houthis, though I'm sure others saw that differently. Either way I think they could just wait us out until we ran out of resources. I am trying to find a way to put a positive spin on this but I just can't.