Maybe, but you would have to hit them from Turkey, it is the limit of the f35 range from anywhere else. And bombing ships with b52 is expensive and dumb.

The problem, I think, is that these radical governments will refuse to abdicate even in the face of complete destruction

Last time a government did this for a few years, we did get the 'keep calm and carry on' posters, so...

https://research.calvin.edu/german-propaganda-archive/kheft0...