It may not have the official title, but President Donald Trump's military venture in Iran is beginning to have all the trappings of a capital-W war.
On Tuesday evening, news reports emerged that the Pentagon will dispatch members of the U.S. Army's 82nd Airborne to the Middle East. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt warned that Trump was prepared to "unleash hell" if Tehran did not come to the negotiating table.
Just don't tell that to House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Republicans. The same night, the Senate voted down another War Powers Act resolution to force Congress to rein in the Trump administration on Iran.
On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson was less than forthcoming about the war
"The build up of troops is very different than boots on the ground," Johnson told Inside Washington at his weekly press conference. "We don't have boots on the ground. I don't think that's the intention, but I think Iran should watch that build up, and they need to take note of that."
There's a big reason for Johnson's hesitance: Americans just don't like the war in Iran. An Associated Press-NORC poll showed that 59 percent of Americans think the war in Iran has gone too far, with 63 percent of independents saying so. In addition, 62 percent of Americans oppose putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran.
That may be why Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) played coy when asked about the report of sending in troops.
"I'm told that that's not real, so I haven't been personally briefed on that," she told The Independent. "I don't want boots on the ground."
Boebert, like her friend-turned rival former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, represents the isolationist wing of the Republican Party. Even as Johnson has pushed for a supplemental bill to fund the way and restock the U.S.'s armament stock, Boebert has come out against such a spending package.
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