Iran War

As the war in the Pacific was coming to a close, Japan wanted a negotiated settlement but Truman wanted unconditional surrender. The result was the dropping atomic bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima causing millions of casualties to civilians. By today’s standards if Truman had agreed to a settlement some in the press would have reported that the US lost the war and Japan had won. It brings up the question of how the US should end the war in Iran. Should the lives of millions of civilians be sacrificed in order to have unconditional surrender or should a negotiated settlement be agreed to. Some will say this is apples and oranges because Japan directly attacked the US at Pearle Harbor but Iran has only indirectly attacked the US while pronouncing death to American for 47 years. While Iran would likely not directly attack the US, they might well have some proxy group sneak in a nuclear bomb to some major city and then deny any connection. The question remains, are their threats to America just talk or will they carry out some type of terror plan. Is there ever a time when a preemptive strike is warranted.