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Thanks but no thanks!
It's true they are not a people, but a government that actively encourages and even employs terrorism, can be focused upon as a source of terrorism. Most of the world actively combats terrorism, Iran by contrast, uses it as a weapon. So we aren't attempting to bomb the world, just concentrations of those for whom civilian deaths are a primary goal (e.g.,"terrorists"). So while Iran is not a military threat, they remain a threat to the civilian populace of the US (and other countries). This makes terrorists (and anyone who supports their activities) enemies of the US, and therefore a viable military target.
That argument might work if the reality were not that we (the US) have killed more civilians in modern history than have the "terrorists" that we are supposedly protecting everyone from.
Oil is just not that important to me. Sorry.