"Minor" conflict? You really don't realize how much ressources Hesgeth has committed to this, and how much your president likes to make things go "boom".

See also: the number of strikes on boats in the Caribbean (with absolutely no result on drug trafficking).

For US, major conflict would be with China, perhaps with Russia. Not with Iran.

edit: this is the document I am talking about http://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27/2003103845/-1/-1/1/2022...