Panel on CNN just made a good point, you put boots on the ground to protect the Strait, how long will that last?

[Swede]

And those boots on the ground will be prime targets.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. How long did the U.S. protect the Panama Canal? No end in sight. /nt

[sboatcar]

2. It will last as long as needed to bury the Epstein files, and cost as many lives as needed too

[OLDMDDEM]

3. If boots are put on the ground, I fear there will be a one-sided blowout in favor of Iran. Our troops would be exposed.

From Google

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has an estimated 150,000 to 190,000 active personnel. This elite military branch operates independently of Iran's regular army and controls the Basij volunteer militia, which can theoretically mobilize hundreds of thousands more for internal security and conflict.
Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
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Ground Forces: Over 150,000 personnel.
Naval Forces: Approximately 20,000 sailors.
Aerospace Force: Operates Iran's ballistic missiles.
Quds Force: 5,000 to 15,000 elite personnel for foreign operations.
Basij Militia: A paramilitary force that functions as an auxiliary to the IRGC, with hundreds of thousands of potential volunteers.
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
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The IRGC answer directly to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
How is the IRGC organized? The Iran-Iraq War (1980–88) transformed the IRGC into more of a conventional fighting force, with a com...

Council on Foreign Relations

IRGC - National Counterterrorism Center | Terrorist Groups
OPERATING AREAS. Based in Iran; the IRGC-QF has conducted operations primarily in Iraq and Syria but also operates globally, inclu...

DNI.gov

Profile: Iran's Revolutionary Guards
It was established 40 years ago to defend the country's Islamic system and counter the regular armed forces. The IRGC is estimated...

[Johonny]

6. Drones in the Ukraine war

Are showing cheap technology can be very deadly. Just the low cost stuff in Afghanistan was deadly.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. Those us soldiers are sitting ducks.

Trump wants his blood sacrifice.

[Blues Heron]

5. Trump wants names for his arch

[misanthrope]

7. He's got a name for the arch, the only one he cares about

His own.

[leftstreet]

8. Aren't Israel's troops closer?

Maybe start there

[Miguelito Loveless]

9. Are they just figuring that out now?

Folks around here have been talking about it for weeks.

[Vinca]

10. And none of those boots will belong to a person with the last name of Trump.

[RockRaven]

11. "...does that last?" Does "that" refer to the protection, or the boots on the ground?

Because the protection isn't even going to start. Putting boots on the ground does not generate Strait protection by default. The time measurement for strait protection will be zero.

As for boots on the ground, it will last until they are all dead or Jan 20-something 2029, whichever comes first.