Prez weighs up sending 10,000 extra GI Joes to Middle East to give Iran the ‘final blow’
BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
DONALD TRUMP is drawing up plans for a massive surge of 10,000 extra ground troops to the Middle East as tensions with Iran reach a global boiling point.
The Pentagon is weighing up the move to give the Commander-in-Chief “maximum military options” while he stares down the regime in Tehran.
The new “boots on the ground” would join a terrifying wall of US steel already heading to the region, including 5,000 Marines and elite paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division.
STRIKING DISTANCE
Insiders say the fresh wave of troops will likely include heavy-hitting infantry units and armored vehicles.
Military sources told the Wall Street Journal that the forces would be stationed within “striking distance” of Iran’s Kharg Island—the country’s vital oil heart.
It comes as the President plays a high-stakes game of “carrot and stick.” While amassing his war machine, Trump yesterday announced a 10-day pause on strikes against Iranian energy plants until April 6, claiming secret talks are “going very well.”
But the White House is taking no chances. Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly warned: “President Trump always has all military options at his disposal.”
The potential deployment marks the largest American military buildup in the region since the Iraq War. It follows the launch of Operation Epic Fury on February 28—a joint US-Israeli air campaign that has already hammered Iranian military sites.
The Oil Factor: Global shipping has been rocked and oil prices have soared since the conflict began. Trump has vowed to “open the Strait of Hormuz” by any means necessary.
The Nuclear Deadline: Trump is demanding a 15-point peace plan that includes Iran scrapping its missile program and ending support for regional proxies.
The “Final Blow”: While diplomacy is officially on the table, the Pentagon is reportedly preparing “final blow” scenarios that would involve a massive bombing campaign supported by these new ground forces if talks fail by the April deadline.
