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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenator Blumenthal states Trump regime just briefed them on sending US troops to fight in Iran.
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BREAKING: Senator Blumenthal states Trump regime just briefed them on sending US troops to fight in Iran.
Boots on the ground.
A reminder that him & Netanyahu will not send their sons, but they expect your sons and daughters to go die for them so they can stay out of prison. Are we great yet? 🤔
hookaleft
(1,083 posts)kick
OhioBlue
(5,160 posts)This is Iraq on steroids.
Bread and Circuses
(1,868 posts)RT Atlanta
(2,709 posts)They have to authorize this... take it to court, pull every fucking lever available to them. STOP THIS INSANITY.
This is proxy war paid for by our soldiers' blood for Israel - I cannot fathom the grief that the families of our lost soldiers must already feel....
Bread and Circuses
(1,868 posts)AverageOldGuy
(3,684 posts). . . let him lead the charge.
Meanwhile, let's not forget the maxim: Amateurs talk tactics, professionals talk logistics.
WTF does "boots on the ground mean?"
Drop in a battalion of 82d Airborne Division troopers?
Each troop will be carrying 100 pounds of gear, most of which they will ditch once the get on the ground. Then comes the problem of providing them with: ammo, water, food, spare parts. And how do we get this to them and where does it come from?
Airborne are light infantry. They have little or no protection against armor (tanks) or armored vehicles.
Remember: Iran is manufacturing at least half the drones Russia is using in Ukraine. If we have learned one thing from the war in Ukraine, it's the lethality of simple drones. Just wait until Iran unleashes drones on exposed infantry.
Land a few armored or mechanized infantry battlaions?
Where do they come from? The States, of course.
How do they get there? The troops fly in but the equipment comes by SEA. Oh, yes, I know -- an Air Force C-5 can haul a tank. But we will need a hundred tanks, not to mention the armored personnel carriers.
How long does it take to get the troops and their equipment into Iran? Weeks. That is, weeks unless Iran decides to shoot down the aircraft and sink the ships bringing in troops and equipment.
No matter what "boots on the ground" means: They still need mountains of ammo, water, fuel, food, spare parts, more ammo, more fuel, replacement personnel . . . .
But, hey, who gives a shit about reality? This is Trump and Hogsbreath we are talking about. Two batshit crazy, dumb-as-dirt amateurs, trying to act tough.
Mysterian
(6,331 posts)Any commitment of ground troops would mean multiple divisions. Probably try to grab a port city. But this is the imbecile regime with Kegbreath as SecDef so anything is possible.
superpatriotman
(6,849 posts)And all the other fortunate sons first.
Lets try a war that way for a change.
TheRickles
(3,299 posts)He's 6' 9", and the upper height limit is 6' 8". So that's at least one Trump with a valid medical exemption from serving.
orangecrush
(29,858 posts)dflprincess
(29,302 posts)Like his sire, he may be lying about his height.
Ms. Toad
(38,492 posts)Reports of his height at younger ages would likely be shorter than his current height.
orangecrush
(29,858 posts)He'll be useful looking over the top of a foxhole
Renew Deal
(84,904 posts)MorbidButterflyTat
(4,396 posts)Where did he try to enlist?
orangecrush
(29,858 posts)
ChicagoTeamster
(759 posts)Are there key objectives that have to be seized? occupied?
BidenRocks
(3,112 posts)where would the objectors go?
Canada is out. I don't think they would take kindly to being invaded regardless of the reason.
Red Mountain
(2,307 posts)and Greenland.
Skittles
(170,880 posts)WOULDN'T THAT NEED CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL???
WTF
OGBuzz
(197 posts)He is now Supreme Leader, the Emperor of America, and he can do pretty much anything he wants. Who's gonna stop him? Demolishing the East Wing and plastering his face on the Justice Department headquarters was a sign of things to come.
Buddyzbuddy
(2,421 posts)possibly criticize the war because that would discourage our efforts. It would be your fault for not giving this war effort your full throated support.
At least that's how they'll spin it.
dflprincess
(29,302 posts)Just curious.
OGBuzz
(197 posts)Botany
(77,024 posts)Just asking.
U.S. troops on the ground in Iran? This has bad idea written all over it.
DallasNE
(7,994 posts)Trump doesn't have the military assets in place to invade such a large country, so clear, hold, build my *ss. So bungled, so soon.
Crowman2009
(3,486 posts)Ray Bruns
(6,202 posts)
Deuxcents
(26,433 posts)Seriously, we need to be calling our representatives and senators tomorrow
IcyPeas
(25,316 posts)Oralè Resister
— Ruben Garcia (@gorubenruben.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T01:00:10.300Z
Operation Epic Fury:
3 US Servicemen were killed and 5 seriously wounded in Kuwait in the Trump Netanyahu
War on Iran!
This is Benjamin Netanyahu's son Yair, poolside in Miami chilling. And not one of DJT
Children is anywhere near the Middle East today!
pfitz59
(12,594 posts)pure insanity
DFW
(60,037 posts)If we had spent the same money that the attack cost on covert operations helping the domestic opposition in Iran, we might have had regime change by now without expending our own resources.
It sure worked for Putin in the USA.
LudwigPastorius
(14,524 posts)What is the fucking objective? Take Tehran?
OK, that'll need half a million troops with pre-staged, adequate supply lines which don't exist and won't exist any time soon.
And, say that works and you take the capital, what then?
Sounds like Trump is going to half-ass a ground invasion and get a bunch of soldiers killed for no reason.