No such country exists. So long as enemies are likely to put boots, wheels, or tracks on the ground in your country, landmines are extremely useful, extremely cheap, and extremely effective.

Iran signed the human rights treaties ... and openly executes gays and minors. They boast about this publicly.

And their policy of overlooking violence against the previous inhabitants. Genocide slow burn.

So I don’t know what good any diplomacy could have been in that context.

> Iran and Israel have maintained no diplomatic relations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and their relationship has been characterized by hostility ever since.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Israel_relations

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillehammer_affair

If only they attacked the American bases as opposed to also attacking civilian infrastructure such as oil facilities and residential neighborhoods

If only they had skipped gulf countries who had pushed the US not to strike and refused to let the US use their bases to attack Iran (all of them)

If only they hadn't attacked countries without any bases such as Azerbaijan

Then I think your arguments would have had more merit

Next time all the gulf countries will know: get America and everyone else to launch attacks against Iran from your soil. Make sure to participate. Why? Iran will attack everyone regardless of alliances, who attacks, whether anyone attacks at all, what bases exist, whether or not they participate, or whether they avoid hostilities. So obviously, it's better to be part of the hostilities against Iran, to have an army on your soil that will protect at least some of your territory.