House Republican: 'Only purpose' for US boots on the ground in Iran is 'to get the enriched uranium' Tara Suter Sun, Apr [View all]

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that “the only purpose that I could see” for U.S. troops on the ground in Iran “would be to get the enriched uranium.”

“I think the question, moving forward, with respect to any troops on the ground, would be: For what purpose? And I think the only purpose that I could see would be to get the enriched uranium,” Lawler told NBC News’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press.”

“And I think that is something that does need to be discussed with Congress in a classified setting,” he continued. “And I think Congress would need to be briefed on that particular matter.”

President Trump has mulled the deployment of U.S. troops inside Iran to seize the country’s highly enriched uranium, an operation that could last for days. The operation would put U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, leaving them vulnerable to Iranian short-range missiles and drones.

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