Overview
- Rep. Pat Fallon, speaking on Fox Business on Monday, said he expects at least U.S. special operations forces to enter Iran and added, “I just don’t see any other way.”
- Fallon argued the U.S. cannot leave until Tehran’s government is changed, framing regime change as the condition for ending the campaign.
- Newsweek placed the remarks in a phase of rising operations that included weeks of strikes and a high‑risk mission that rescued a second missing U.S. airman from inside Iran.
- Reporting noted that sending even limited ground units would widen the war, raise the risk of U.S. troops being captured, and invite close scrutiny from Congress and U.S. allies.
- Reactions in Washington spanned from President Trump threatening Tuesday strikes on power plants and bridges to Republicans like Tim Burchett and Nancy Mace warning against a ground war and insisting Congress be involved.