The Pentagon is sending a Marine Expeditionary Unit — up to 2,500 soldiers — to the Middle East. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth approved the request from the U.S. Central Command after Iran increased attacks on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The Marines are thought to be coming from the Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California.
This is a big step that almost everyone in the administration was trying to hide: after weeks of saying the war with Iran would stay in the air, the administration is now moving large ground forces into position as Iran blocks shipping lanes and attacks tankers and cargo ships.
This move happens as the unapproved, illegal conflict has already killed seven U.S. troops, over a thousand Iranians, including a group of girls at a school, disrupted the global economy, and is clearly getting out of control.
Trump had promised “no boots on the ground” and called the war a “little excursion,” but Hegseth and the Pentagon are quietly moving toward using ground forces as Iran threatens more attacks.
This is the opposite of being ahead of schedule — it’s “mission creep” toward a full-scale invasion, exactly what critics warned about from the start.
With oil prices rising, ships sinking, and now Marines heading toward Iran, the administration’s “energy dominance” plan looks more like an endless war than a quick victory.
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