In other words. If Iran wasn’t in a position to continue dominating the region and make trouble, does that open the door for a complete exit? If that is a reasonable calculus, then I could see the wisdom in hitting them 20x as hard as Conor puts it.
You could have Iraq, Iran, Lybia, Egypt, Syria all reduced to small players. Leaving Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Turkey, Israel as the only true powers in the region. What say you?