[EcommerceFlow]

This isn't a military decision but more a public opinion one. Should an American ship take a hit, have casualties, become disabled, etc it would put immense pressure on the administration to settle/end the war, even though on a military objective level it makes a lot of sense. This is a reality of the instant informational world we live in.

[gzread]

I read the tone of this comment to be as if that's a bad thing, even though it's a good thing?

[margalabargala]

Like a lot of things, little about this war is purely bad or purely good.

If the Iranian regime were over thrown, that would be good for basically the whole world except the people actually operating the regime. So, if the war ends without that happening, then that's at least partly a bad thing mixed in with the good of, y'know, not having a war anymore.

[EcommerceFlow]

You can't really gauge 'tone' via text, I was just referring to the mission success reality on the President's side.