Comment by watwut

> 3. Reminded the anti regime population that they’re not going anywhere and that the US can’t help them.

More like: Reminded the anti regime population that US has no interest to help them and will happily kill all Iranians and proudly destroy all of civil infrastructure.

> 5. Destabilised the whole region costing the ME lots and lots of money.

In this case, the destabilization is firmly the fault of USA and Israel.