Correct, it would harm the rest of the Gulf as well, but in the long run they'd be better off with a civilian-run Iran. I think they all know this by now.

The USA blew infrastructure up in their Serbian war under Clinton. It didn't actually help their side so they've avoided doing that since then. Even Obama's campaign in Libya didn't do that, and he's a stuttering clusterfuck who thinks he's Rommel. In fact he's Custer...