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SamuelTheThird

(1,057 posts)
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:33 PM 12 hrs ago

Netanyahu says Iran requires 'ground component'

Ground troops it is

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/19/netanyahu-trump-us-israel-iran-ground-component.html

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “Iran is being decimated” as the U.S. and Israel target its ballistic missile and nuclear programs from the air.
But meaningful regime change will require a “ground component,” Netanyahu said, adding that the Iranian people must ultimately “rise to the moment.”
President Donald Trump, speaking in the Oval Office, said earlier that he would not send U.S. troops to the Middle East.

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Netanyahu says Iran requires 'ground component' (Original Post) SamuelTheThird 12 hrs ago OP
Yeah, Bibi, let's you and him fight . . . hatrack 12 hrs ago #1
Let's drop him, Trump, Pete and Fetterman over there durablend 12 hrs ago #12
So send your troops, Bibi n/t leftstreet 12 hrs ago #2
If Bibi asks, TSF will put boots on the ground. Deuxcents 12 hrs ago #3
Just send in your IDF. multigraincracker 12 hrs ago #4
Yeah, you go do that... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #5
Lemme guess. Kid Berwyn 12 hrs ago #6
Send your people and... 2naSalit 12 hrs ago #7
March on in, Bibi! City Lights 12 hrs ago #8
Then call all the Israeli nationals and those with dual citizenship home to come & fight RT Atlanta 12 hrs ago #9
Two war criminals went to Iran Whip-poor-will 12 hrs ago #10
Netanyahu requires a "ground component" 🪦 And by the way, DRAFT ICE. usonian 12 hrs ago #11
Netanyahu Rebl2 12 hrs ago #13
Well, Bibi, have at it. Your troops have a lot of experience with that by now.... Sogo 11 hrs ago #14
Who will be around to do Trump's summer parades? newdeal2 11 hrs ago #15
Oh, FU Bibi; take yoyr own army in, then electric_blue68 11 hrs ago #16
Fine. Go get 'em, Bibi nt Rob H. 10 hrs ago #17
Duh?! OC375 10 hrs ago #18
Then get your corrupt, fat a..s, over there. And maybe your IDF (if you can spare them from hlthe2b 10 hrs ago #19
My thought as well Bayard 9 hrs ago #20
Bibi is fighting a 3 front war Deminpenn 8 hrs ago #21
Send EVERYONE who's been calling for the IRGCs destruction SunImp 7 hrs ago #22
Send the IDF. roamer65 5 hrs ago #23
Send the entire staff of AIPAC. harumph 4 hrs ago #24

2naSalit

(102,333 posts)
7. Send your people and...
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:54 PM
12 hrs ago

While you're at it, find another funding source because we're about to cut you off.

RT Atlanta

(2,731 posts)
9. Then call all the Israeli nationals and those with dual citizenship home to come & fight
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:55 PM
12 hrs ago

this abomination is disgusting... why is the USA doing the bidding of israel?

How compromised (rhetorical question) are the republican leaders in our country right now?

Whip-poor-will

(171 posts)
10. Two war criminals went to Iran
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:55 PM
12 hrs ago

Or maybe you could just stop your war criminality and pay reparations .

usonian

(25,008 posts)
11. Netanyahu requires a "ground component" 🪦 And by the way, DRAFT ICE.
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:04 PM
12 hrs ago

• They are already "trained" (in random violence against civilians. Checks one box)

• Bonespur "victims" have already been weeded out.

• They are already government employees and must go where assigned. (saves TONS of paperwork)

• They already have weapons, and unspent budget money.
• They already have swell masks to protect from radioactive dust that bombing reactors creates.

• They (probably) already have military haircuts, and (this is big)
• Their kill to loss ratio is infinite.

Danes agree!

Sogo

(7,177 posts)
14. Well, Bibi, have at it. Your troops have a lot of experience with that by now....
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:08 PM
11 hrs ago

Leave our boys the ef alone!

newdeal2

(5,339 posts)
15. Who will be around to do Trump's summer parades?
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:19 PM
11 hrs ago

We know he doesn’t like looking at injured vets.

hlthe2b

(113,775 posts)
19. Then get your corrupt, fat a..s, over there. And maybe your IDF (if you can spare them from
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 06:20 PM
10 hrs ago

murdering civilians in Gaza for a few weeks. ) And may YOU, Bibi meet the TRUE REALITY of war on the ground as soon as you land.

Honestly, is he determined to lose any and all good will Americans have had since its creation for Israel? One would certainly wonder, just as I wonder if Trump is determined to take all of US down WITH HIM.

Bayard

(29,510 posts)
20. My thought as well
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:37 PM
9 hrs ago

He would have plenty of ground troops if they weren't still waging war on Palestinians. But he's like trump--why spend your own capital when you can get someone else to use their's?

Deminpenn

(17,459 posts)
21. Bibi is fighting a 3 front war
Thu Mar 19, 2026, 09:03 PM
8 hrs ago

Gaza, Lebanon and now Iran. Of course he wants, and needs, US soldiers in Iran. Otherwise he can't sustain operations in Gaza and Lebanon.

But, if Bibi wants to send troops, by all means, have at it.


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