Will the US put ‘boots on the ground’ in Iran?
Al Jazeera
Trump hasn’t ruled out ground troops in Iran, but experts expect targeted special ops over an invasion.
When US President Donald Trump casually floated the idea of putting US “boots on the ground” in Iran, he openly defied a longstanding presidential taboo. “Like every president says, ‘There will be no boots on the ground’. I don’t say it,” Trump declared amid the ongoing US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
But while the political rhetoric from Washington hints at a sprawling conflict, military experts argue that the reality on the rugged Iranian terrain will look vastly different from a traditional invasion.
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