House Republican predicts Trump will deploy troops in Iran: ‘I just don’t see any other way’

Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), a former Air Force officer, said Monday he expects President Trump to deploy troops in Iran and suggested such an escalation is unavoidable.

“I just don’t see any other way,” Fallon said in an interview on Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” when asked whether he thinks “we’re going to have some boots on the ground.”

Fallon, the chair of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel, said he thinks it’s important the U.S. sees its mission through in Iran.

“I personally think it’s going to be boots — at least Special Ops, American special operators — on the ground, with allies in the region and air cover,” Fallon said.

“We have to change the tact of the Tehran government, or we can’t leave,” he continued. “We can’t leave until the job is done.”

Trump has sought to increase pressure on Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which has been effectively closed since the start of the war in........

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