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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]🇺🇸 President Trump considers US boots on the ground to seize Iran's Kharg Island oil depot, Axios reports.

Trump is also weighing a seizure of Iran's critical oil depot on Kharg Island — a move that would require U.S. boots on the ground — if tankers remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf, U.S. officials say.

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https://www.axios.com/2026/03/16/trump-iran-hormuz-strait-kharg-island?utm_medium=owned_social&utm_campaign=editorial&utm_source=x[/quote]

There was some talk online from a special forces vet saying "boots on the ground" has a loophole. So I looked it up.

There is precedent from Trump's favorite ex-President to claim otherwise. Which is why the Kurdish option was on the table.

As for taking Kharg Island, it would involve HAHO freefall jumps.

A HAHO jump, or High Altitude High Opening jump, involves parachutists exiting an aircraft at high altitudes (typically around 15,000 to 35,000 feet) and deploying their parachutes shortly after exiting. This technique allows for long-distance gliding towards a target while minimizing noise and detection, making it ideal for covert military operations.

[u]Obama: Deploying Special Forces To Syria Is Not 'Boots On The Ground'[/u]
[url]https://www.huffpost.com/entry/barack-obama-syria_n_563817fee4b00a4d2e0bad54[/url]

President Barack Obama said on Monday the planned deployment of dozens of U.S. special forces to Syria to advise opposition forces fighting Islamic State did not break his promise not to put "boots on the ground" in the Syrian conflict.

"Keep in mind that we have run special ops already and really this is just an extension of what we are continuing to do," Obama said in an interview on "NBC Nightly News" in his first public comments on the deployment since it was announced on Friday.

"We are not putting U.S. troops on the front lines fighting firefights with ISIL," Obama said, using another acronym for the Islamic State militant group. "I have been consistent throughout that we are not going to be fighting like we did in Iraq with battalions and occupations. That doesn't solve the problem."[/quote]

Great so now you’ve put 100 or so lightly armed SF soldiers with no armor or air defense on an island 15 miles off the coast of Iran.  How are you planning to supply them?  How are you to protect them from the drones, rockets and artillery the Iranians can easily rain down on them?  [/quote]

Kharg Island is the economic heart of Iran. The 2500 Marines headed to the area will first be used as a threat to take over Kharg. If that doesn’t work they’ll deploy and take it. Iran can’t afford to lob drones and misses at their economic heart.[/quote]

Ehhhh, this would re-define "shooting fish in a barrel". It'd be a disaster for those unfortunate Marines as well as Trump.[/quote]

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