Iran officials suggest planned retaliation may be scrapped if Gaza ceasefire reached

i have to think the "US sends one submarine and one aircraft carrier to middle east" that's reported in US news is a small portion of what they've actually done to bare their fangs over there

Yeah, I'm inclined to think that too, they seem to care about following the rules and acting moderate more than Israel, but then I remember that it was them that armed hamas to carry out an incursion into Israel and now act like wise statesmen.