If you don't change the regime, you don't change the threat all that much - except during the actual time that you're dropping the bombs and the short-term thereafter. Right now, it looks like we will have used up several tens of billions of dollars of important military hardware - especially our missile interceptor inventory - and end up without much of a long-term change in the country.

You don't know this. At all. Let's set aside the sudden interest in our stocks of war shots; previous attempts at discussions along those lines have been met with shrugs on this board. Next somebody will all of a sudden discover we don't have enough naval ships.

We bombed Libya for 7 months. The Iran operation is in Day 10. It's a little early to declare the entire thing a failure and/or start wringing our hands over what has been done or not done. We have eliminated the mullahocracy as a functioning government entity. Their command and control is toast. Their Navy is now down 30+ ships and counting. Their Air Force has been severely degraded. Ballistic missile attacks are down over 90% and a high percentage of drones have been destroyed.

And now the IDF is blowing up their oil storage facilities. Their export terminals will likely be next. Meanwhile, we'll keep eliminating their ballistic missile capabilities.

Already a couple of political parties have declared themselves in Iran and the ex-Shah's son is volunteering to be an interim leader until democrat elections can be set up. Things are moving.

Today the IRGC is in charge and are calling the shots; under current course and speed the Israelis will systematically eliminate them as well.