At night on Friday Beijing time, the Wall Street Journal suddenly published an exclusive report, citing revelations from U.S. officials that as Iran intensifies its attacks on the Strait of Hormuz, the Pentagon is deploying a Marine Expeditionary Force to the Middle East. Such a force typically consists of up to 2,500 marines. If this news is true, the deployment and participation of this force in the conflict would mark a turning point, shifting the war from the air to the ground, and represent a significant escalation.
This deployment would signal the failure of Trump's plan to conquer Iran through aerial strikes, with the scale, nature, and objectives of the war heading toward complete chaos. Sending thousands of troops there could lead to sending tens of thousands next. A new quagmire of war is about to form.
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