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Rhiannon12866

(254,476 posts)
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:20 AM 6 hrs ago

BREAKING: PANICKED Pentagon Officially Sends Land Invasion Force to Middle East - Really American



Really American Host Kenny Hesse breaks down the Pentagon Panicking and officially Sending Boots On The Ground to Iran with a specialized amphibious invasion force.

Turns out the war is not going as well as Pete Hegseth or Donald Trump would have us believe. - 03/13/2026.

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BREAKING: PANICKED Pentagon Officially Sends Land Invasion Force to Middle East - Really American (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago OP
Israel ground soldiers going into Lebanon................ Lovie777 6 hrs ago #1
"More Marines and Warships Head to Middle East as Hormuz Mission Intensifies" Goonch 5 hrs ago #2
Good Grief! The felon-in-chief keeps announcing that this "excursion" is pretty much over Rhiannon12866 5 hrs ago #3
A Fool's Errand no_hypocrisy 5 hrs ago #4
I don't know what they are thinking. Baitball Blogger 2 hrs ago #5

Lovie777

(22,799 posts)
1. Israel ground soldiers going into Lebanon................
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 06:25 AM
6 hrs ago

but the US ground soldiers are going into the lion's den, Iran?

Goonch

(4,836 posts)
2. "More Marines and Warships Head to Middle East as Hormuz Mission Intensifies"
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:20 AM
5 hrs ago

"The Pentagon is moving additional Marines and warships to the Middle East, as Iran steps up its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz and the U.S. prepares to escort tankers through the waterway.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has approved a request from U.S. Central Command, responsible for American forces in the Middle East, for an element of an amphibious-ready group and attached Marine expeditionary unit to head to the region, according to U.S. officials."...

https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/us-strait-of-hormuz-ship-escort-95d6daf0?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdBxAzUHTBDrtRY8OdVO2hGH9QAR_uXws9SV2eU4PV5Ni9M48xjjematd-n-G0%3D&gaa_ts=69b54685&gaa_sig=GwL8W-k1MDUdqodvkHd_zp4S-XnPLijZI7UedLaoPyhRXIbAqFLj30buCDARFMZ7j-jqsUak3CF6dNHe5ReN6g%3D%3D

Rhiannon12866

(254,476 posts)
3. Good Grief! The felon-in-chief keeps announcing that this "excursion" is pretty much over
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 07:27 AM
5 hrs ago

Though I'm guessing that those with family members now in harms way are learning that he does nothing but lie.

Baitball Blogger

(52,228 posts)
5. I don't know what they are thinking.
Sat Mar 14, 2026, 10:16 AM
2 hrs ago

As American casualties amass, it's not Iran that the MAGAs will blame. It's Trump.

I do believe that Trump is counting on getting sacrificial lambs to turn public opinion. But it's not going to go his way.

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