I think my biggest concern is that after Edward Gallagher being pardoned, the perception is there that we do not bind ourselves to playing by the rules laid out by the Geneva Conventions. It is one thing to have terrorists slaughtering captured prisoners, but I could see Iran also killing any of our brave men (or women) in uniform as a form of psychological warfare (not all, but some). I mean, the perception is that we've already pardoned one person who killed civilians and killed a captured POW, so doing the same to us is fair.
As far as the response. I don't know what Iran's response will be, but I suspect that we will have a ground war in Iran within 6 months.
