Win the peace.

In retaliation to Israel/US attacks, "Iran's response has been a barrage of missiles and drones, targeting military bases and installations across several Gulf countries including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates." India Today. Following the assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on 28 February (wikipedia), the regime is trying to survive, whatever the cost. They have calculated that if they can increase the economic and casualty cost to the US, the Trump-hating biased media and opposition  (Chicago Tribune) will cheer every injury to the US and may even offer advice on how to increase the pain. To win this war just bombing the infrastructure is not enough - any remnant of the old regime must not be allowed to survive. After the fall of Saddam Hussein, Sunni officers of the disbanded Iraqi army joined ISIS as fighters and commanders, contributing much to their success. Time. After World War II, "a series of trials held in Nuremberg, Germany, in 1945-46, in which former Nazi leaders were indicted and tried as war criminals by the International Military Tribunals." Four defendants were sentenced to 10-20 years in prison, three were sentenced to life imprisonment and 12 defendants were sentenced to death, of which 10 were hanged. Hermann Goring committed suicide by swallowing a cyanide capsule. Britannica. This was followed by a group of Nazi hunters who sought former Nazi officials hiding in exile and brought them to justice. wikipedia. "Simon Wiesenthal was an Austrian Holocaust survivor who dedicated his life to ensuring that the crimes of the Nazi regime were not forgotten and that those responsible were brought to justice. wiesenthal.org. But winning the war and punishing Nazi criminals was not enough. The US won the peace when "On June 5, 1947, in an address at Harvard University, Secretary of State George C Marshall advanced the idea of a European self-help program to be financed by the United States." A law was passed on 3 April 1948 and over the next four years the US distributed $13 billion to 17 States of Western Europe including former enemies, Italy and West Germany. Britannica. Today, both Italy and Germany are members of NATO (nato. int) and Holocaust denial is a criminal offense in Germany (DW). Iranian people should be helped to bring former regime members to trial. President Nicolae Ceausescu of Romania was tried by a special military tribunal on charges of mass murder and immediately shot to death by a firing squad. Britannica. Today, Romania is a member of both the European Union and NATO. BBC. Peace will only come to Iran if people see the benefits of war. Sanctions must be lifted quickly, food and medicine supplies ensured and the economy stabilized. Iran could then become an example for other terrorist states like Pakistan. And, just maybe, Trump-haters will praise hi. Or, maybe not.