> all other presidents since '79 saw this as inevitable if not desirable

I think it's helpful to distinguish Cold War-era Presidents from the others, but that obviously limits the sample.

Islamic lunatic ayatollahs, who've shown a willingness to massacre their own people, with nukes?

Can't imagine why that would be a bad thing ...

I don't much understand that about this thread. Yes Trump bad. Yes, US should not get into another war (although in here, arguably this may avoid war, and yes, that's been said before)

But when it comes to the ayatollahs at the business end of the missiles: defending them? I mean, I understand socialists brought them to power, but still: for these particular ayatollahs, having their insides spread over a few football fields ... can't happen to a more deserving bunch.