Do B-52s frighten Iran into submission?

The privilege of being a military superpower is that with one quick phone call you can send a couple of mighty B-52 Stratofortress bombers from their base in the US to pretty well anywhere you want on the globe, with a little help from appropriately located air-refuelling tankers. They don't have to land. They just do their stuff, turn round and go back home, the crew somewhat fatigued but well accustomed to the long hours of flying. This is what the Pentagon does on an increasingly regular basis to send a warning from the skies over the Middle East that the US is ever watchful. Two B-52H bombers were sent from their base at Minot in North Dakota this week to give yet another warning to Tehran which the US intelligence services believe is plotting to take revenge against American troops for the assassination of its nuclear weapons chief, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, on November 27 (allegedly by Israel's Mossad but Tel Aviv is not saying). The thing is, what will the B-52s do if Tehran does launch some revenge attack that leads to American deaths or injuries. The strategic bombers tend not to stick around. They do their 24-hour round trip and that's it. But if Iran does mount some strike that causes damage to US interests, fatal or otherwise, I would say there is every chance that Trump will order an instant strike back. With less than three weeks left as president he will take the opportunity to slam-dunk the ayatollahs with a parting gift they will not forget. Not only would it be Trump's last action as commander-in-chief but it would also have a huge impact on decision-making vis a vis Iran for the incoming 46th president Joe Biden. Take that, Ayatollahs. Take that, Biden. Tehran would be wise to watch those B-52s and get the message being delivered by the Pentagon.