Personally, I think we could have gotten Iran to give up its nuclear program if we could have made Israel to give up their nuclear weapons.
No, not in this case, not at all. This has been tried unsuccessfully for decades and Iran as usual lied its way out of it, every time, on purpose. If I can be brutally honest, you really don't understand the Arab thinking of the Iranian heads of state (
not the Iranian people, they hate it also), which is domination to all who do not conform to their extreme Muslim ideology, and yes, this is absolutely a spiritual/religious war. Iran calls Israel Little Satan and the USA Big Satan. Ignoring that is a huge mistake.
SO, if it was two countries trying to protect their own then your statement makes sense. But when one side for decades has insanely declared that the other country WILL be wiped off the map, then this approach has no bearing. Iran stated in 1979 that it will (and still proclaims that it will) not stop until Israel is eliminated... and also that the United States is eliminated.
Were you alive in 1979? I remember the "Death To..." headlines and the USA and Israeli flags being burned when I was in high school, and it was unnerving, we didn't understand it. Now we do of course.
None of that has changed with Iran since. The Shah was the good guy back then before the ideology took over. The regime that overthrew him is still in power. Absolutely Israel and the USA have the right to defend itself... removing Israel's ammo is suicide.
We need to be thanking Israel for starting the process to save the world, and Trump for taking it to the next level to stop a regime of death. Israel and the USA hit the heads of state that are the masterminds, as well as the actual nuclear sites. Iran sends 400+ rockets and hits... hospitals and people's homes. We can't fall asleep at the wheel... Israel did and Oct 7th happened. And before Hamas gets tagged,
Iran is the head of the snake, Hamas/Houthies/Hezbollah and all the rest are the proxies.