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

[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.