The Defense Department is weighing up whether to send 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East as President Donald Trump’s war with Iran continues.
The move would give the president more military options amid talks of negotiations with Iran and increasingly disastrous polling numbers. It was first reported by The Wall Street Journal on Thursday.
If deployed, the force would likely include both infantry and armored vehicles, and would add to the 5,000 Marines and thousands of paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division who have already been ordered to the region.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
