Pentagon prepares for weeks of ground operations in Iran

It’s going to be insane watching marines die pointlessly while Trump and Hegseth with straight faces describe the action as a monumental, unparalleled success

Please tell me they arent THIS dumb...

And there it is. You'd think we'd learn from this shit before.

I thought they already won? What’s the need for boots on the ground?

For what? They cannot even agree on a goal for that war.

How’s that whole “no new wars,” “no more forever wars,” “peace president,” “Kamala will send your kids to war” thing working out for ya now?

The f****** russians also prepared for weeks of ground operations. It's been 4 years. And it's next door. Iran is 9 time-zones away from the US.

So, trump voters, how about that whole no more wars stuff? All good now because your pedo rapist idol says it's cool?

They're not even giving us a Boogeyman? Like at least make up some Ayatollah name for us. Jesus

If your plan has it only taking a few weeks it's probably not a well thought out plan. I hope you're planning to have a back up plan for when things go the same way as your previous plans

Watching from afar the US implode under the weight of its own extraordinary stupidity is fascinating.

Oh surprise, right on cue, the pedophile trump and his drunkard designated oral giver kegsbreath are starting a war, so they can try to cancel elections.

What could possibly go wrong? 🙄

So glad I’m out of the service, holy shit

500 weeks is still just weeks

Weeks of ground operations is likely to be months and years if modern history is anything to go by.

It’s gonna be a bloodbath. A trained and highly motivated army against a foreign invader. It’s what the Iranians and the IRGC have been training for decades. This has the potential to be akin to the 1979–1989 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Trump and his cronies don’t know how dumb this is, and they’re the only ones who don’t know.

US troops are about to find out how fun FPV drone warfare is and they are not prepared for it.

Sorry not up to speed on my American constitution…. Doesn’t congress need to approve going to war?

In this modern era with drones that’s gonna be worse than D-Day. Funny how they screwed over the only country which has experience fighting drones and could’ve helped them plan this.

Iran has been preparing for over 20 years... Good luck

Well... Prepare for $200+ barrels of oil and $10+/gallon of gas. This special military operation has fucked the entire globe now.

All of this is a farce, and we will regret this for the rest of our lives.

Wait, is this the same planning team that ignored all the intelligence reports that stated they did not expect the regime to collapse? Those guys?

As someone outside of the US, this is beyond a joke. Americans need to stop this now before it goes further, your entire nation will fall into 3rd world. I've never seen a lazier population in my life my god they'll sleepwalk off a bridge and just winge online

Donald Trump never had a plan for a drawn out conflict. This is the result of poor planning, arrogance and incompetence. It's also about Netanyahu's enthusiasm for war with his middle east neighbors and Trump being the perfect useful idiot to help him achieve his decades-long dream of decimating Iran, its proxies, and everything the Islamic Republic represents. I mean, we literally have Bibi on video admitting that he's been waiting for this moment for FORTY years, and that with enough of a push and just the right amount of flattery, he could get Donald Trump, the ideal American chump, to throw his military support behind Israel in its long awaited war against its greatest enemy. He was right. Trump has been escalating tensions and hostilities with Iran ever since he stepped foot into office. Crippling sanctions, assassinations, excessive airstrikes, his abandonment of the JCPOA—a campaign of "maximum pressure." And yeah, this war is also about Trump's ego, or his desire to project his own strength through the unbridled use of the military. You know, good ol fashion US imperialism... After Venezuela, Trump got it in his head that he could decapitate any government that opposes him. But it's not really going as planned—because there was no plan. And besides, in Venezuela, Trump removed Maduro from power but kept the oppressive government intact in return for their cooperation. So much for liberating the people... That said, other than wholesale destruction, what the f*** have we actually accomplished in Iran? The regime hasn't "changed," the Iranian people have not been "liberated," Iran was never building a nuclear weapon, nor did they pose an "imminent threat" to the United States. Meaning of course that this war was conducted under false pretenses and Trump's cabinet has been trying hopelessly (and failing) to cover up that fact, which is why their messaging has been so erratic and inconsistent. A war that ignored lessons from history about what happens when the US tries "regime change" in the middle east. An illegal war that was launched without consulting with our allies or Congress. A war that was always one of choice, not of necessity. And now Trump is desperately searching for an offramp. Like when he told the Iranian people to "rise up" and "overtake" their government because he wanted to wipe his hands clean of the bloody aftermath of a war he helped start with no long-term, coherent strategy for the future. However, Trump can't just up and leave because, for one, it would signal defeat and/or reflect very poorly on him, but more important than that, because he helped trigger a global energy crisis after dismissing warnings about very obvious Iranian countermeasures in the Strait of Hormuz and Persian Gulf. And while Trump is pushing back deadlines and claiming that the war is "winding down," or that "productive conversations" are happening, he is simultaneously sending thousands of *more* troops to the region and demanding *more* money from the government to fuel operation "epic failure." At the same time, Israel is bombing Iran's Capital and Iran is firing back at neighboring countries. The war is only expanding and conflict is being reignited between Israel and Hezbollah. Oh, and the Houthis just joined the fight. So much for this war "winding down." Worse yet, American troops are dead and dying and we continue to bomb Iran with no regard for the civilians we're supposed to be "liberating." MILLIONS of people have been displaced across the Middle East. Thousands of innocent noncombatants have been killed in this war so far—some of them CHILDREN at the hands of our own military and its incompetent commander in chief. Together, the US and Israel are shelling schools, hospitals, heritage sites, non-military and civilian infrastructure, and even residential areas. Some Iranians doubt whether regime change is realistic and whether this war is even worth it... As far as "regime change" goes, the already dying Ayatollah was replaced by his more hardline son who we've managed to radicalize all the same after killing his entire family, and who has deep connections and sway with the IRGC. Additionally, one fifth of the population still supports the Islamic Republic and grieves the deaths of prominent Iranian leaders. When it comes to the economic side of things, this war has caused a worldwide oil crisis, which has both short and long term repercussions for the American economy, and an economy that was already sliding before the war even began. A ground invasion is all but inevitable at this point because we presently have nothing to really show for our efforts. Without "boots on the ground" there's no way to facilitate structural change in Iran, no other way to seize control of the Strait of Hormuz, no chance of poaching whatever uranium Iran has left lying around, and no possibility at all of taking Kharg Island and thus crippling Iran's oil production indefinitely. For that matter, if the US doesn't launch a ground invasion, it can't make up for its incompetency, its many oversights and a lack of any meaningful results (sunk cost fallacy). At this point, ordering troops to invade Iran is the only way for the US to at least appear like it's committing to "objectives" that don't just involve bombing the f*** out of the country.

*Years*

Sounds like they should be prepared for years instead of weeks.

It's all fun and games for Americans when their military goes out to kill, toture and ra\*e brown people or bomb girl schools but once the first of the soldiers get killed we have Americans crying like b\*tches all over the place again, just like 9/11. Nobody cares.

America, please stop this shit. The rest of the world is suffering.

We've seen this before "weeks" will become months and months possibly years. I dont know what the administration's objectives are as they seem to shift by the week but regime change from a govt willing to murder its on citizens will not come quick, easy, or c****. They're in survival mode with nothing to lose as they're essentially a pariah in the global order, which is why incentivizing probably would've been a better approach. One last thing Trump sure does seem to relish unforced error. I dont think I have ever seen someone (a politician atleast) shoot themselves in the foot as much as this guy, with all the instances of controversy hes caused by saying the wrong things, the unnecessary political stunts, and questionable policy decisions

If the money spent in Iraq and now this war were directed towards social programs, the US would have had by now, no homeless problem and universal healthcare What a sick and violent country. Disgusting.

I'm starting to think this FIFA peace prize thing isn't worth a whole lot.

Saw a quote that said “the worst thing about the first few weeks of a war in the Middle East is the first few years”

man Full metal jacket 2 gonna be good on a few years

There is a reason US hasn’t won a war since 1945 .. these mfs are dumb ..

So I’m paying an extra $50 a tank of fuel and our food prices are going up and up because of this lunatic’s deranged warmongering.

What’s the objectives here? Didn’t Trump say the war was already won?

Weeks? They could not even hold Kharg island in weeks, let alone anything significant. They're f****** speed running the economy into the ground, this shit is planned, there is no way the top brass in the Pentagon cannot see the outcome here. I'm so tired of this timeline, can we merge back now please?

Out of control spiraling shit storm incoming. It’ll be a miracle if this doesn’t result in a global depression. Maybe we shouldn’t have elected a conman felon pedophile to run the country. No way in hell they allow free and fair midterms because if they do it’ll be a blue tsunami.

Say what you want, his distraction from the Epstein files is working and as bad as it may sound for Trump it's still a better outcome than being exposed as a pedophile.

I can’t do this anymore

What a pointless loss of life just because of fuckin Americans’ ego. I hope the economical repercussions f*** them up from the bottom of my heart.

Two weeks to flatten the currve...

doesn't matter how high tech our gear is when we're up against an endless zerg rush. we do NOT have a counter to their c**** drones, so starting this war was already beyond stupid to begin with, let alone a GROUND OPERATION, we should have learned this by now but here we go again

Well, there goes the next decade.

Do you think Trump’s team and the oligarchs running America even noticed the no kings day protest? I think they probably just partied down with some meth, some underage girls, and largely ignored it. It’s not like Americans actually did anything to stop them.

We are not doing that. We are definatly not doing that. There is no way we are doing that. We are doing that.

Everyone likes to blame Trump, but just remember - The entire system has failed you here. Multiple layers of cowards have allowed for these orders to actually be executed, from politicians to generals.