'We May Be Putting Boots on the Ground': Senator Alarmed by Iran Briefing With Trump Officials

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Source: MEDIAite

Mar 3rd, 2026, 6:26 pm


Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said he is worried that the U.S. may deploy soldiers in Iran amid its ongoing bombing campaign against the country.

The U.S. and Israel began striking targets across Iran on Saturday. Dozens of high-ranking officials were killed, including Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Hundreds of civilians have also died in the bombings, one of which hit a school in southern Iran, killing more than 165 people, most of them young girls. Six U.S. service members in Kuwait were killed in an Iranian retaliatory strike.

President Donald Trump has said the campaign could last a month or longer. On Tuesday, senators attended a closed-door briefing with Trump administration officials, who apparently did nothing to ease Democratic senators’ concerns. Addressing reporters on Capitol Hill after the briefing, Blumenthal said he believes the deployment of soldiers to Iran is a real possibility:

I just want to say that I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have.

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[Javaman]

1. may? LOL bet on it. nt

[Timeflyer]

2. Send Barron first.

[dedl67]

10. Its only for suckers and losers

[Trueblue1968]

23. Only send Barron. No other military.

[Ray Bruns]

3. How about NO!

[Tetrachloride]

4. pawns everywhere

[OldBaldy1701E]

5. As far as I am concerned...

We need to send everyone who owns a MAGA hat, tee-shirt, or a yard sign.

Let's see how much they love him when they are dodging bullets for him.

[PatSeg]

24. Or a lot of ICE agents

So many of them seem to be itching for a fight.

[Klarkashton]

6. Anyone doubt that they already have?

[Dr. T]

7. Accomplish objectives?

I don't think they have objectives or a clear vision of what constitutes victory.

That's the problem with conservatives in general and MAGAts in particular. It's all impulse and knee-jerk reactions with them. Never any forethought.

[mysteryowl]

8. I think getting captured could subject our soldiers to the worst torture techniques

inflicted in the world.

Please don't put boots on the ground.

[KS Toronado]

9. Welcome to World War III

Exactly where this is headed unless R Congress Critters suddenly grow a backbone.

[EX500rider]

20. I don't see any other big power stepping in to fight the US so no WWIII

[Firestorm49]

11. First it was "four days." Now it's "maybe a month." They have no idea what they're doing.

SOP diplomacy. For those of you who hate acronyms as much as I do, I just made it up - “Seat of the Pants”. 😊

[NoMoreRepugs]

12. Objectives? What has Hannity said that they should be? Trumpy is waiting for directions.

[Fil1957]

13. On Infowars, Alex Jones' website, they're calling this a "shocking betrayal". Betrayal? Yes. Shocking? No.

[patphil]

14. "Boots on the ground" is my biggest concern here.

We've had several good examples of what happens when we do that. Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan; all disasters for our soldiers because we sent them into foreign wars where the population of the countries we attacked were not supportive of our presence.
We fooled ourselves 3 times into thinking we would have their support, and we did have some, but too many of the people resented our presence and were increasingly hostile to our troops.
So now we may do it again. I hope not, but Trump is as stupid as they come, and he's being guided by people who have agendas that may pressure him to do so.

It's being said that this war may cost us over 200 billion dollars, but that doesn't include "boots on the ground". If we do this, it could easily balloon up to several times that amount.
And you and I would be paying for this, while certain corporations would reap gigantic profits supplying the war effort.

[FormerOstrich]

22. and those that might have leaned towards support

probably won't be as willing to offer up some help as they see how we are deporting our assisting Afghanistanians

.

[artemisia1]

15. Unlike the deserts of Iraq, Iran is mountainous which heavily favours the defenders and limits the use of air

power's effectiveness. There will be an Iranian drone unit behind every hill.

[Bayard]

16. Why?

They've already knocked off the Supreme Leader. They're just bombing civilians from here on out. A ground force would just be trump playing Army with our soldiers lives.

[dedl67]

17. Here we go, waist deep in the big muddy

[Initech]

18. The better thing to do would be to boot Trump and Kegsbreath.

[TomJulie]

19. I sure hope that doesn't happen

[Wonder Why]

21. Not until the clowns, the Krazy Krasnov kids, and all of ICE go first!