{"id":1667478,"date":"2026-03-04T23:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1667478"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T04:05:00","slug":"sen-blumenthal-fearful-trump-will-put-troops-in-iran-as-congressional-votes-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/sen-blumenthal-fearful-trump-will-put-troops-in-iran-as-congressional-votes-loom\/1667478\/","title":{"rendered":"Sen. Blumenthal ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put Troops In Iran As Congressional Votes Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sen. Blumenthal ‘Fearful’ Trump Will Put Troops In Iran As Congressional Votes Loom<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)\u00a0said on Tuesday<\/a>\u00a0that 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.<\/p>\n

“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<\/strong> that the administration seems to have,” Blumenthal told reporters after attending a closed-door briefing with Trump officials.<\/p>\n

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The senator added that it was still unclear what the US\u2019s goal was in Iran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut 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,\u201d he said, adding that the administration must share more information with the American public.<\/p>\n

Both President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth\u00a0have not ruled out<\/a>\u00a0the 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<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO)\u00a0said after the briefing<\/a>\u00a0that US military operations in Iran sound \u201cquite large,\u201d comments he made after initially defending President Trump\u2019s decision to start the war.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sounded very open-ended to me,\u201d Hawley said, according to\u00a0HuffPost<\/em>\u00a0reporter Igor Bobic. \u201cWhat I took away is, it\u2019s rapidly evolving \u2026 the aims are very ambitious.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hawley\u00a0said a day earlier<\/a>\u00a0that he wouldn\u2019t support a War Powers Resolution aimed at stopping further US military intervention without congressional authorization, though he said it would be a different story if Trump wanted to send troops into Iran.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 NEW: U.S. War Secretary Pete Hegseth says war with Iran could last up to 8 weeks, saying U.S. and Israel expect to achieve \u201cuncontested airspace\u201d over the country \u201cin under a week\u201d and unleash \u201cdeath and destruction from the sky all day long.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can say four weeks, but it\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/BOcdDb0raf<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Drop Site (@DropSiteNews) March 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

The Senate could vote on a War Powers Resolution introduced by Sen. Tim Kaune (D-VA) and Rand Paul (R-KY) as soon as Wednesday<\/strong>. The House is also set to vote this week on a similar resolution backed by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 03\/04\/2026 – 18:05<\/span><\/p>\n

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