Intelligence is the key.

On 11 July, "The US military said it hit 140 Iranian military targets in its third round of strikes this week, following an attack on a merchant ship passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it fired a warning shot at a ship and declared the waterway closed." CNN. In response, "US President Donald Trump yesterday declared a resumption of the American blockade on Iranian ports, vowing to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, and saying Washington would be 'reimbursed' for doing so to the tune of 20% on all cargo traversing the passageway. Meanwhile, Iran shot at two ships attempting to cross the strait, and American airstrikes reportedly killed two people in southwestern Iran." The Times of Israel. In 2025, "The Israeli military said it has accumulated in recent months intelligence showing that 'concrete progress' had been made 'in the Iranian regime's efforts to produce weapons components adapted for a nuclear bomb', including a uranium metal core and a neutron source initiator for triggering the nuclear explosion." One Kelsey Davenport said that "some of Iran's activities would be applicable to developing a bomb, but US intelligence agencies had assessed that Iran was not engaged in key weaponisation work." BBC. It is a fact that Israel's intelligence from within Iran is far superior to what the US can achieve. On 31 July 2024, the political leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh was killed in an IRGC guesthouse after attending the inauguration ceremony of the present President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian. "Wasim 'Abu Anas' Abu Shabaan, Hnaiyeh's personal aide and bodyguard was also killed." According to one report, the assassination was carried out by Mossad agents on the ground. wikipedia. On 13 June 2025, Israeli jets "descended on Tehran in an operation they called 'Red Wedding'." "Hours later and 1,000 miles away (from Israel) Iran's top military commanders were dead." "The combination of intelligence information and military precision that enabled the attack surprised people around the world." "Another key part of the initial attack - considered so fantastic by even its planners that it was called 'Operation Narnia' after the fictional CS Lewis series -successfully killed nine top Iranian nuclear scientists almost simultaneously in their homes in Tehran." WSJ. "For years, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was little more than a name in classified reports." He was believed to be the mastermind behind Iran's plans to acquire a nuclear weapon, called 'Project Amad'. "On 27 November 2018, Fakhrizadeh was traveling with his wife and bodyguards toward their villa in the town of Absard, east of Tehran." "Waiting by the roadside was a pickup truck, seemingly abandoned. Hidden within it, was a 7.62 mm FN MAG machine gun, rigged with facial recognition AI, satellite links and explosives. No agents were on the ground." Fakhrizadeh was shot dead, his wife beside him was unhurt. "Seconds later, the truck exploded." The truck had been smuggled in pieces and assembled inside Iran. NDTV. On 31 January 2018, Mossad agents broke into a secret warehouse in the Kahrizak District of southern Tehran and "pilfered 100,000 documents, including paper records and computer files documenting the nuclear weapons work of Iran's AMAD Project between 1999 and 2015." wikipedia. It is amazing that all the Israelis were able to escape from Iran with half-a-ton of material without being caught. Obviously, the regime is so hated that Israel has been able to establish a network of informers and helpers throughout Iran. Instead of indiscriminate bombing, which is only increasing public support for the Iranian regime, the US should target the Ayatollahs, IRGC commanders and Basij commanders and their homes. Make them surrender in fear for their lives. The Israelis know how. Strike a deal after winning the war. Let Israel lead. Support it.