Realistically if you want regime change at a minimum you have to take out every single spec of the nuclear program. I think out of all the last 30 year stuff this has the least to do with energy.

Irans proxies have been wild the last few years. Hamas kidnapped Americans, the Houthi’s super screwed up shipping lanes, Hezbollah and Syria were and a very heavy were an issue as well until recently.

Then having the left “college protests” supporting Hamas, Hezbollah, and honestly by default then Iran…. Well it’s easy to ignore energy because it’s infecting the US with vial antisemitism