There's increasing buzz out of the Trump administration about possible deployments of ground troops in or around Iran. Several different missions have been floated: seizing Kharg Island, the key Iranian oil facility in the Strait of Hormuz; landing soldiers on the Iranian coastline to end threats to shipping in the strait; and even what sounds like a cinematic heist of Iranian uranium. Some or all of this may be misinformation aimed at the enemy, at restful allies, at the voters (to make what follows seem less extreme by comparison), or even misleading leaks by various factions within the administration — ...

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