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Iran war: why US ‘boots on the ground’ won’t be enough | This Is Why
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16:09Now PlayingDonald Trump has kept the world guessing over whether he will launch a ground invasion in Iran.
However, the arrival of thousands of US paratroopers in the region might be the clearest indication yet of the disrupter-in-chief’s thinking.
A month of airstrikes is one thing but the deployment of troops is quite another - so how would it work? Has Trump learned nothing from Iraq and Afghanistan?
Niall is joined by the former head of the UK armed forces General Sir Nick Carter.
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