Sen. Blumnethal Says He’s ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Iran – Antiwar.com, Video

March 4, 2026 TheMcgwire

Sen. Blumnethal Says He’s ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put ‘Boots On The Ground’ In Iran

Both Trump and Hegseth wouldn’t rule out the idea of sending troops into Iran

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said on Tuesday that he was “fearful” that the Trump administration would put “boots on the ground” in Iran as the war the US and Israel launched on Saturday continues to escalate.

“I just want to say that I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have,” Blumenthal told reporters after attending a closed-door briefing with Trump officials.

The senator added that it was still unclear what the US’s goal was in Iran. “But I also am no more clear on what the priorities are going to be of the administration going forward, whether it is destroying the nuclear capacity of Iran or simply the missiles or regime change or stopping terrorist activities,” he said, adding that the administration must share more information with the American public.

Both President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth have not ruled out the idea of sending troops into Iran, and media reports in the weeks leading up to the start of the war said that deploying a team of commandos into the country was under consideration.

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) said after the briefing that US military operations in Iran sound “quite large,” comments he made after initially defending President Trump’s decision to start the war.

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3/3 — Pete Hegseth says the United States will use ground troops in Iran if necessary, “We will go as far as we need to.”

3/3 — Trump open to arming Kurdish separatist groups to serve as ‘boots on ground’ in Iran: Report

3/3 — 🇮🇷🇮🇶⚡️- BREAKING: Thousands of Iranian and Iraqi Kurds have been armed over the past few months. The weapons were smuggled into western Iran. The groups are now preparing for a ground offensive on the Iranian government, ITV reports.

3/2 — 🇺🇸🇮🇷⚡️ — NEW: President Trump told NYT he won’t rule out sending ground troops into Iran “if necessary.”

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3/2 — 🇺🇸 We did not start this war. But under President Trump, we are finishing it, Hegseth said.

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2/20 — President Trump Threatens War With Iran At His First ‘Board Of Peace’ Meeting

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