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Bread and Circuses

(1,877 posts)
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 07:21 PM Tuesday

Senator 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? 🤔
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Senator Blumenthal states Trump regime just briefed them on sending US troops to fight in Iran. (Original Post) Bread and Circuses Tuesday OP
omg!!! hookaleft Tuesday #1
Lying MFers. OhioBlue Tuesday #2
Yes it is Bread and Circuses Tuesday #4
Where's the fucking congress? RT Atlanta Tuesday #3
Congress has neutered itself. We need to reset this country. Bread and Circuses Tuesday #5
The way they have abdicated their duties is DISGUSTING!! USS_Dauntless 20 hrs ago #34
Put Hogsbreath back in uniform . . . AverageOldGuy Tuesday #6
There is no scenario in which "a few" battalions would be deployed Mysterian Tuesday #20
Sorry, you're wrong. Dan 18 hrs ago #39
Sorry, you don't know what you're talking about Mysterian 15 hrs ago #41
Well, I hope that we're both wrong, but time will tell :) Dan 14 hrs ago #42
100 % Correct . Great analysis, thanks Bread and Circuses 10 hrs ago #43
#sendbarron superpatriotman Tuesday #7
I just read that Barron is exempt from military service because he's too tall. TheRickles Tuesday #8
I'll sign a waiver orangecrush Tuesday #10
Over the last couple years reports have listed him as 6'7" and 6'9" dflprincess Tuesday #16
He's 19. Boys continue to grow until 18-20. Ms. Toad Tuesday #19
Good orangecrush Yesterday #29
Measure him again Renew Deal Tuesday #21
Says who? MorbidButterflyTat Tuesday #22
... orangecrush Tuesday #9
For what? what objectives are being pursued that require ground combat troops? Are we supporting a local resistance? ChicagoTeamster Tuesday #11
If there were a draft, BidenRocks Tuesday #12
That won't leave many for the invasions of Cuba Red Mountain Tuesday #13
I have to ask Skittles Tuesday #14
Trump no longer worries about minor inconveniences like the Congress, or SCOTUS, or the Constitution. OGBuzz Tuesday #25
True. Most people are hiding from the facts. Bread and Circuses 10 hrs ago #44
If our uniforms are on the ground in Iran, you can't Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #15
And will Israel also be sending ground troops? dflprincess Tuesday #17
No need. Trump has the ground covered. OGBuzz Tuesday #26
And why are we in Iran? Botany Tuesday #18
Iran Has A Population Of 90 Million People DallasNE Tuesday #23
Imagine Iraq, but with mountains and an exponentially larger population. Crowman2009 Tuesday #24
This is why. Ray Bruns 23 hrs ago #32
Call in the ICE agents. They're all in and there are plenty of them. Deuxcents Tuesday #27
Netanyahu's son lives in luxury in Miami IcyPeas Tuesday #28
If true pfitz59 Yesterday #30
39% of Iran is not even Persian DFW 23 hrs ago #31
Iraq has 600,000 troops and 300,000 reserves, and it is FOUR TIMES the size of Iraq. LudwigPastorius 23 hrs ago #33
600,000 Motivated, Serious & Trained Troops Not Saddam 's Corps De Corruption n/t ForeGoneLegsBirne 19 hrs ago #35
A law should be passed requiring the sons and daughters of all elected officials to be first ones drafted in a war SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #36
Risking lives to protect a pedophile nikatnyte 18 hrs ago #37
If that happens...the draft will come in 3...2...1... Liberal In Texas 18 hrs ago #38
Self-destruction of the USA is beginning to come into focus. WestMichRad 17 hrs ago #40

RT Atlanta

(2,709 posts)
3. Where's the fucking congress?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:13 PM
Tuesday

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....

AverageOldGuy

(3,691 posts)
6. Put Hogsbreath back in uniform . . .
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:43 PM
Tuesday

. . . 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

(6,340 posts)
20. There is no scenario in which "a few" battalions would be deployed
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:43 PM
Tuesday

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.

Dan

(5,073 posts)
39. Sorry, you're wrong.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:48 PM
18 hrs ago

Think, Armies, something like a couple hundred thousand per Army.

TheRickles

(3,300 posts)
8. I just read that Barron is exempt from military service because he's too tall.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:54 PM
Tuesday

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.

dflprincess

(29,307 posts)
16. Over the last couple years reports have listed him as 6'7" and 6'9"
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:20 PM
Tuesday

Like his sire, he may be lying about his height.

Ms. Toad

(38,495 posts)
19. He's 19. Boys continue to grow until 18-20.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:29 PM
Tuesday

Reports of his height at younger ages would likely be shorter than his current height.

ChicagoTeamster

(766 posts)
11. For what? what objectives are being pursued that require ground combat troops? Are we supporting a local resistance?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 08:58 PM
Tuesday

Are there key objectives that have to be seized? occupied?

BidenRocks

(3,119 posts)
12. If there were a draft,
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:01 PM
Tuesday

where would the objectors go?
Canada is out. I don't think they would take kindly to being invaded regardless of the reason.

OGBuzz

(204 posts)
25. Trump no longer worries about minor inconveniences like the Congress, or SCOTUS, or the Constitution.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:29 PM
Tuesday

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

(2,423 posts)
15. If our uniforms are on the ground in Iran, you can't
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:12 PM
Tuesday

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.

Botany

(77,035 posts)
18. And why are we in Iran?
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 09:23 PM
Tuesday

Just asking.

U.S. troops on the ground in Iran? This has bad idea written all over it.

DallasNE

(7,994 posts)
23. Iran Has A Population Of 90 Million People
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:04 PM
Tuesday

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.

Deuxcents

(26,449 posts)
27. Call in the ICE agents. They're all in and there are plenty of them.
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 10:35 PM
Tuesday

Seriously, we need to be calling our representatives and senators tomorrow

IcyPeas

(25,321 posts)
28. Netanyahu's son lives in luxury in Miami
Tue Mar 3, 2026, 11:32 PM
Tuesday

Oralè Resister
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!

Ruben Garcia (@gorubenruben.bsky.social) 2026-03-02T01:00:10.300Z



DFW

(60,040 posts)
31. 39% of Iran is not even Persian
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 01:27 PM
23 hrs ago

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

(14,530 posts)
33. Iraq has 600,000 troops and 300,000 reserves, and it is FOUR TIMES the size of Iraq.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 02:00 PM
23 hrs ago

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.

SSJVegeta

(2,733 posts)
36. A law should be passed requiring the sons and daughters of all elected officials to be first ones drafted in a war
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:11 PM
18 hrs ago

If every country passed a law like that, imagine how much more cooperative the world would be. Throw onnthe children of the financial elite, and you might get world peace.

nikatnyte

(343 posts)
37. Risking lives to protect a pedophile
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:29 PM
18 hrs ago

More will die needlessly because of this insanity. I hope troops keep the image of the young girls Trump raped in mind when they face the "enemy."

WestMichRad

(3,177 posts)
40. Self-destruction of the USA is beginning to come into focus.
Wed Mar 4, 2026, 07:18 PM
17 hrs ago

I had hoped it would not happen in my lifetime.

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