Iran says it is 'waiting' for a possible U.S. ground assault as 3,500 troops arrive in Middle East

If Iran starts using tactics from Russia, this could get ugly real quick. Drone warfare is not something the US has experienced.

Good thing about owning all the social media is that you get to choose what your platform displays.

Doubt it. Elections are still run by the states not the federal government. I think trump is just as much of a con man as the next guy but thats not how things work.

There is 0 legal basis for it, but who knows what they will attempt to say?

Literally impossible. States run elections.

That was always the intent. One can't justify pausing elections for anything other than an 'emergency'. If there isn't one available, just create one!

He cannot cancel state run elections and he knows that. The SAVE act, Elon, and Ice are what they intend to throw at locations that are close enough to matter. This is where Palantir, the data Elon stole, and I’ve come in. The issue is if people show up in mass and not give a f*** about the meddling around them, they lose.

Im betting its rigged. They would be stupid to not rig it

It’s a gambit to see if they can accomplish whatever goals can be accomplished to make a case for voters at midterms. Originally the idea seemed to be that the administration would get quick wins in Venezuela, Iran, and then Cuba, but Iran has been more stubborn which required more troops in the region. If this gets quelled in another month then it could very well become a non factor for voters in 8 months. 8 months is basically a decade when it comes to the electorate in the US. Voters who are more susceptible to conservative talking points basically make it a badge of honor that they’re so busy that they genuinely have no idea what’s going on outside of their own county let alone a country on the other side of the planet. They’ve bought in to the idea that their civil service ends at casting a vote maybe twice every two years, and after that it’s not their responsibility. Anything contrary to their point of view is met with militant resistance that they consider “unpatriotic”, and they believe that you should back their guy no matter what because “he’s YOUR President” as if everyone should just kneel like a King. Those voters have the memory of goldfish and they likely don’t even know where Iran is on a map, let alone what they’ll have for dinner on a given day.

I think they'll try and postpone due to the nation being at war.

Maybe going to Israel is his exit strategy. The Mossad protection is probably pretty powerful.

You’re looking at possibly 20,000 Iranian troops on Kharg alone. Which itself is a geological fortress.

So just Afghanistan then? Which fell in how many days? The problem with Iran is the lack of a northern alliance. Not “mountains”.

America doesn't have the stomach for even 50 casualties a day.

You also have to admit he’s stupid enough to glass cities in response after awhile.

These folks signed up for it 🤷‍♂️

Trump’ll be like “Well I told you there’d be thousands of ground troops..”

Sending troops is a slaughter, Iranians are dug in, all 1 million

To secure Hormuz you need to take the coast of Iran.

Ahh I hear the ghosts of all our multi decade wars that continued to escalate in your comment. And then Iran lands a large strike on those soldiers. And then the us is forced to respond , and then suddenly you've spent a trillion dollars on Iran and ten years later a extremist group is still in charge .

He's already full on mafia mode, he doesn't care as long as he's in control of US's resources and everything will be done to keep it that way

Exactly. And he was gonna claim the popular overthrow as his own.

Once again, the Kurds are asking to be used as a sacrifice—knowing they’ll be abandoned afterward. Fascinating.

Because then the oil prices are fucked for a really long time

Why would that make Iran more likely to let ships through the Strait of Hormuz? It would strengthen their resolve even more.