There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast

Hey, that's more than the Dow!

America keeps saying it wants "less involvement", then shows up with 50,000 troops like it’s a surprise party.

One fifth of the US troops that invaded Iraq. Not counting the 120.000 troops from allies (US had allies then). So what do they want to do with 50.000?

Does the Bored of Peace know about this?

This is looking more and more like Vietnam.  No plan.  Just send troops.  Assume the enemy is incapable of fighting back while our true enemies like Russia support them.   It only takes a boat sinking or base being hit with a few hundred casualties and it will be a 10 year war.  And unlike Vietnam, Iran WILL hit U.S. shores. 

50,000 souls for Epsteins coffers.

Can't even get mad at the Iranians for what will happen to these troops. If these troops make landfall we will be seeing the same grisly drone footage that we see from the Ukraine war but it will be American soldiers instead. The only country where this war is popular is Israel, where it is wildly popular because Americans are fighting it. The American public do not want this war but it will be their sons dying in it. F*** Trump, f*** Netanyahu and f*** Israel.

I wonder when the American public will revolt. Boots on the ground means coffins coming home soon.

*TACO Trump will probably back down before stepping over the line. Right?* "The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the Mideast region at over 50,000 — roughly 10,000 more than usual — as President Trump decides on his next step in his month-old war in Iran." "While it is still unclear just what the Marines, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, will be charged with, U.S. officials say the president is weighing whether to try a larger attack, like venturing to seize an island or other ground as part of Mr. Trump’s effort to open the Strait of Hormuz." "The number of troops no longer includes the 4,500 aboard the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Gerald Ford, however. That ship has been hobbled by constant mishaps, including a fire that broke out in the laundry. The Ford withdrew from the region on March 23 and sailed to Crete. On Friday it arrived in Croatia. It remains unclear where it is headed next." "Last week, the Pentagon also ordered about 2,000 soldiers from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to give Mr. Trump additional military options." "The location of the Army paratroopers is not public, the military official said. But they will be within striking distance of Iran. The paratroopers could be used to seize Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub in the northern Persian Gulf, where U.S. warplanes bombed more than 90 military targets earlier this month. Or they could be deployed for other ground operations in conjunction with the Marines." "But military experts caution that even 50,000 troops, many of them at sea, is a small number for any kind of major land operation. Israel used more than 300,000 troops for its operations in the Gaza Strip that began in October 2023. The U.S.-led coalition that invaded Iraq in 2003 was close to 250,000 at the beginning." "At almost a third of the size of the continental United States, Iran has around 93 million people. Taking, let alone holding, a deeply complex country of its size and complexity and weaponry with 50,000 troops, military experts say, is not doable."

Taking land and keeping it are 2 entirely different things and I don't think anyone in that administration understands this

We invaded Iraq with literally 10x that. What exactly ate 50k going to do? From a practical standpoint we would need a million plus. Probably more to actually invade

Gee, I must have missed trump's campaign speech where he said he would open a global conflict and drive prices up towards a worldwide economic meltdown.

History books will look back as how vile, evil, and despicable Trump truly is and all his crazy supporters. Why any America would vote for Trump just because of Hate and no other reason.

But the war was won, but it wasn't, but America can handle solo, but America needs help, but it will be done in 2 days, 10 days, might be 50 days, but EU & other allies need to support, but America is leaving the theatre, but sends in more troops. Have I got this right?

If you made a list of countries and ranked their suitability for a ground invasion, Iran would be pretty close to the bottom. Almost the entire border is a massive, jagged mountain range, which means crossing the border directly is a no go. The only real option is air drop everyone in, including vehicles. That might work against a poorly equipped/trained militia but it’s suicide against a well trained and experienced army. If boots end up on the ground then the GOP are in for a 2008 Obama on steroids level upset in November, because it won’t just be a couple dozen troops returning in body bags. It will be thousands.

It would be foolish to go into Iran without at least a half million troops. A million would probably be better. Iraq was easier, with flat terrain and centralized authority. Iran is mountainous and has decentralized its command structure so that cells can fight without relying upon the leadership for instructions. I'm sure that Caine knows this. He knows that they can't do this. Trump is a typical high school bully. He believes that he is the tough guy, so the other side will respond to escalation by giving up. Trump doesn't understand that the superior military does not necessarily win. This is one reason why he believes that Putin is winning, even though he isn't. If he hadn't suffered from his bone spurs problem, he could have seen this for himself.

All so that we can protect the pedophile in the White House.

When has anything Trump ever touched ended well?

We simply are not going to make a course adjustment here, are we.

So who is the first person that Donald Trump will blame for the death of US ground troops, that he ordered into the combat zone?

They're going for Kharg island. Im sure everyone is whispering in the mad kings ear (undamaged somehow weird) that this will end the war overnight. No way it doesn't result in some kind of collateral damage that fucks over the oil markets for Europe and asia. Crazy times.

Is this the "No moar wArs" MAGA voted for?

Hubris and stupidity. America, seemingly never changes. This one is going to be a f****** shit-show. One would hope you learn some lessons when this goes south, but I won’t hold my f****** breath. No nation has ever thrown so much away for so little reward.

"Fresh meat for the grinder, eh?"

Middle class Americans are selling their blood to pay their bills.

remember how excited Trump got at the idea of no presidential elections during wartime when he was meeting with Zelenskyy?

So fucked up

All those alpha maga bros standing in line to join the service? Not only their patriotic duty but for them, it is a just and godly cause. Have at it. Every time one of these trumpy podcasters are on air they should be asked if they enlisted and if not why not.

MAGA men, here’s your chance to prove to us how alpha you all are, any young men who are maga who aren’t enlisted are huge f****** pussies

“Suckers and losers” according to Donald.

Stocks are going down again next week.

50,000 US troops traveled 14,000 kilometres to fight in Iran Zero Israeli troops deployed and its only 1300 kilometres from Israel Why are Isreal soldiers not part of the ground invasion,?

Trump couldn’t get a management position at a Cinnabon, but yet here we are.

Are fifty thousand troops really going to intimidate the Iran hardliners? This war seems pretty existential to the Iranians.

Hard not to be cynical towards the NYT. Sane washed Trumpism for a decade.

According to respected military experts, that’s only about 950,000 shy of what would be needed to manage a successful ground invasion.

I hope they all don’t forget who they are doing it for. The trump files and Epstein

There is no mystery. Ignore what they say. It's all lies. This is 50k troops going in. They will be on the ground. Dying. Killing. For what?

Our young men and women are over in the f****** desert giving the ultimate sacrifice to protect a pedophile and help him become more rich. Sad. Disappointing

Poor American troops! It’s a slaughterhouse… but Trump’s happy playing golf and partying… Pam Bondi is sleeping like a baby very comfortably in her mansion, same for all his sycophants

Maybe they'll get the same friendly welcome that the Russians got when they invaded Ukraine.