Apparently, USG is doing the same thing it did before the June attack on Iran.
Expect that if Iran shows restraint or is unable to hit back, the shills will say: "See? They're a paper tiger, and can't do anything. Let's bomb them more."
Expect that if Iran does hit back and kills any number of American soldiers, the shills will say: "Outrageous! They have killed Americans! Let's bomb them more."
And Iran loses either way. Say what you want about the Ayatollah and his buddies, a regime change would be worse. Just like in Syria, a regime change will not bring peace, just more conflict from both within and without.
So, Iran gives in to the color revolution...loses. Iran gets bombed and kills Americans in response...war, chaos. Iran gets bombed and does a weak retaliation...further weakens the regime, and you end up in the loop again.
And we will too. Iran has nearly four times the population of Syria. They're also not mostly Sunnis, so they won't be as welcome in Turkey - even if they hadn't gotten sick of the Syrians there. Where are these people going? This is going to destroy Europe.
It's almost as if these decisions are being made by people with a seething hatred of Europe, based on centuries of made up grievances.
I think they're indifferent, while we obsess over "what's good to Israel". If they can get 0.001 strategic advantage while destroying Europe, good deal!
Their hatred of Europe leaks out all the time. Spend some time on T_D here with the Unit 8200 people that run it. You'll see.