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Quiet Em

(2,849 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:57 PM 11 hrs ago

Senator Blumenthal says we seem to be on the path to deploying troops to Iran

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) left a Senate Armed Service Committee briefing on the Iran war Tuesday saying he believes the Trump administration is on a path to putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.

“We seem to be on a path toward deploying American troops on the ground in Iran to accomplish any of the potential objectives,” the senator told reporters after the briefing.

Blumenthal said he left the briefing “as dissatisfied and angry, frankly, as I have from any past briefing in my 15 years in the Senate.”

“I am left with more questions than answers, especially about the cost of the war,” he said. “My questions have been unanswered, and I will demand answers because the American people deserve to know.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5777350-potential-us-troops-iran-ground/

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Senator Blumenthal says we seem to be on the path to deploying troops to Iran (Original Post) Quiet Em 11 hrs ago OP

Of course we are... is that what Trump wants? Or is he just too dumb to have anticipate how it will go... QueerDuck 11 hrs ago #1

the con has no idea what he is doing Quiet Em 11 hrs ago #3

Repugs are complicit and have blood on their hands vapor2 11 hrs ago #6

But, but, but.... greatauntoftriplets 11 hrs ago #2

Dude, you just voted for a $1T DOD budget leftstreet 11 hrs ago #4

The focus on progress/outcome of a criminal and intolerably immoral war is starting to piss me off. pat_k 11 hrs ago #5

QueerDuck

(1,554 posts)

1. Of course we are... is that what Trump wants? Or is he just too dumb to have anticipate how it will go...

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 02:59 PM

11 hrs ago

... and too stubborn to find a way to stop it before it snowballs?

Quiet Em

(2,849 posts)

3. the con has no idea what he is doing

Reply to QueerDuck (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:02 PM

11 hrs ago

and Republicans don't care. They are just letting the con artist do whatever he wants no matter how unstable and dangerous it is.

vapor2

(4,356 posts)

6. Repugs are complicit and have blood on their hands

Reply to Quiet Em (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:27 PM

11 hrs ago

greatauntoftriplets

(178,876 posts)

2. But, but, but....

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:01 PM

11 hrs ago

Didn't the Warmonger-in-Chief say yesterday that the war is over? Now I'm confused.

leftstreet

(40,193 posts)

4. Dude, you just voted for a $1T DOD budget

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:03 PM

11 hrs ago

What did you think was going to happen?

pat_k

(13,214 posts)

5. The focus on progress/outcome of a criminal and intolerably immoral war is starting to piss me off.

Reply to Quiet Em (Original post)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 03:07 PM

11 hrs ago

NO answers on strategy, or objectives, or likely outcome change the fact that:

The felon's regime started this war in violation of the UN Charter's prohibition on the use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of another state.

It is a "crime of aggression" under International Criminal Court definitions.

They have struck civilian targets and infrastructure, which are war crimes.

...

Call to action: Each and every person with a conscience has work to do in the weeks ahead.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100221081150

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