U.S. Halts 82nd Airborne Paratrooper Drill to Keep Rapid-Deployment Force Ready Amid Iran Tensions
https://www.armyrecognition.com/news/army-news/2026/u-s-halts-82nd-airborne-paratrooper-drill-to-keep-rapid-deployment-force-ready-amid-iran-tensions
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Akh@lemmy.world · 91 pts · 190d
Amid tensions?! We bombed the country…
UnspecificGravity@piefed.social · 30 pts · 189d
Yeah, and now they are being all tense about it. Like, they are kinda being uncool about us blowing apart a bunch of school girls for lulz.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 188d
They blew it up because it was a school for children of IRGC. They doubled tapped it hoping they would get some of the leaders.
You know how enraged they must be now?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -20 pts · 189d
TBF we're not sure if it was Israel, USA, or Iran that blew up the school.
With US Allies refusing logistics support and UNESCO calling for investigation for war crimes, if it was Iran then it was strategically sound and they're not well known for cherishing life of the citizens.
It also fits Israel's MO, though.
It also fits the Department of War's incompetence, though.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 189d
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-iran-strikes-school-girls-dead-b2934268.html
It was the usa...
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -15 pts · 189d
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 12 pts · 189d
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/us-investigation-points-likely-us-responsibility-iran-school-strike-sources-say-2026-03-06/
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/iran-girls-school-us-military-investigation-b2933564.html
You want more sources showing us being the bad guy?
So you are for the war with Iran?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -14 pts · 189d
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 189d
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/world/middleeast/iran-school-us-strikes-naval-base.html
When everything we can see and read, and our fucking president says yes we will hit schools everything is fair game its showing we bombed it.
Based on you ignoring 3 different analysis hard to belive.
Especially after saying you were fine with the school getting bombed and okay war with Iran.
So 🤷
M0oP0o@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 189d
You really need to put more effort in, the world watches what the us is doing (war crimes) and the very idea that you want to build a higher ramp for proof is just silly. A school was bombed, by the us of a in a one two follow up fashion. The us does not deny this they just don't want to say 100% it was for sure them on purpose, so rational minds the world over have figured out that the school in a nation the us is and was bombing was bombed by the us.
etchinghillside@reddthat.com · 17 pts · 189d
We “epic fury-ed” it.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · 23 pts · 190d
What the fuck is the 82nd Airborne Paratroopers gonna find if they touch down in Iran? This orange fucking moron doesn't understand the only way to resolve this is to install somebody, to support the rebellion against Ayatollah's factions, and they're only polarizing candidates against them by bombing cities, putting boots on the ground, and allowing whatever the fuck Israel thinks its doing.
And all but 2 GOP house members are completely on board. Every GOP senator. All of them.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 190d
Yes, I don't think a ground invasion of Iran is highly unlikely anymore, it is just unlikely.
I think it is trending towards "likely" every hour though. There are no offramps on the horizon here in my opinion.
Here is the thing I don't think the Trump will try to occupy Iran, I just think ground troops might be used to destroy parts of it more thoroughly.
RalfWausE@feddit.org · 2 pts · 189d
postcapitalism@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 188d
Aren’t we all
MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
They're going to continue their bombing over the summer; they will send in some boots who will get absolutely destroyed, 100's maybe thousands. Then they will drop a nuke right before the mid-terms claiming it was to save American lives (the same line they used in ww2 with Japan). That will be the emergency he needs to claim we're in a world war or whatever to suspend elections.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 190d
They've been doing that in Iran for half a century. We have dozens of examples, America supporting a puppet faction has never turned out better for the people.
The best thing america can do for the iranian people is end all sanctions and fuck off. Their struggle isn't advanced by being under siege.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -15 pts · 190d
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 8 pts · 190d
So do you want to point to a single place that is better off after America armed a puppet faction?
Or just shriek "tankie" and shut down?
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -9 pts · 189d
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 189d
China trading with Iran after America said nobody is allowed to and armed terrorists doesn't make Iran a Chinese puppet, or Syria for that matter.
But you still can't name a place that is better off after America armed some faction.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 189d
Congress in general is super okay with doing war against Iran though.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/hakeem-jeffries-wont-commit-iran-war-funding-defense-department-rcna262271
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -3 pts · 189d
2 out of 210 DNC crossed the aisle, and 2 GOP as well, but thats literally less than 1% so fuck off with blaming dems for GOP actions.
Another vote in the senate was 47:53 with nobody crossing the aisle.
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 2 pts · 189d
I'm not blaming. They're all for the action.
And it's what 4 different ones voting to still fund Trump?
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5770381-dhs-funding-democrats/
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -3 pts · 189d
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 189d
Again the point is they aren't against attacking Iran, just the optics of how's it's being done.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -7 pts · 189d
goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org · 1 pts · 189d
HasturInYellow@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 189d
They are intentionally targeting left leaning activists and politicians in their homes. They don't want a stable government to take over, regardless of who it favors.
FiniteBanjo@feddit.online · -2 pts · 189d
Trump doesn't, Americans do
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 189d
The Americans who have or will have any say in the matter don't.
Last time Iran had a left-leaning government, the US armed a puppet faction and got the Shah in power, who made things bad enough the people got behind the current government. Opposing socialism has bipartisan support in DC.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 189d
What even is the goal of this war? What the fuck are paratroopers gonna do once they land?
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 189d
Officially? To liberate the Iranian people and bring them freedom and democracy, (in the same style we liberated the Iraqi, Libyan, Syrian, Afghan, and Palestinian people).
In Trump's words, "destroy them until they cry uncle, if there's even anybody left to surrender"
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 188d
May I introduce to you the Helldivers.
They have one goal, to spread democracy.
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 190d
Ready to jump into a 2000+ meter high mountain range?
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 190d
If I understand things correctly airborn troops are specialized in mobilizing quickly whether that be literally parachuting or not is different.
Typotyper@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 189d
Any rapid deployed group requires logistics and support to maintain their position. D-Day succeeded because the airborne troops only had to hold for a few days until the link up with the Normandy beach forces could reach them.
Market garden failed because that linkup failed to reach them. The British in particular lost a lot of troops.
The other 2 gulf wars took months to build up material. I have no idea what build up there is now, but Iran is twice the size of Iraq. Lot of angry people there to greet the US
Nomecks@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 189d
Sure, but after they land they're in the middle of the mountains. Iran is very rugged terrain. Thry can parachute into where they need to be but they're not going far or getting a supply line.
Bebopalouie@lemmy.ca · 16 pts · 189d
I feel so bad for the troops.
The vile child rapist and murdering slug will sit back and wait for the troops to be virtually annihilated. Then he will gleefully golf as Iran does a major attack on us soil. He will then enact the war bill (don’t know what it is called, I am not american) to stop voting.
Edit: I should be saying I feel bad for all people involved. I think I got lost in the moment.
Gold_E_Lox@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 189d
you know those guys didnt have to sign up to murder innocents? its on them.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 189d
Unfortunately it may also be the only way they can afford to get an education, via the G.I bill. I think anyone who signed up before the Trump re-election was not expecting to be ordered to kill innocents.
Rekorse@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 189d
Stop making excuses for awful immoral behavior.
RalfWausE@feddit.org · 14 pts · 189d
Zron@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 189d
He’d have to declare martial law to suspend voting.
In theory, there would need to be a clear national emergency, such as a ground invasion of the United States or open rebellion to allow for martial law to be declared.
I don’t think Iran is going to launch an amphibious assault against the United States any time soon.
habitualcynic@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 189d
Declaring martial law does not suspend voting. Nothing gives the president that power, and the constitution grants no condition for elections to be paused or not held. Full stop.
Conceding on this AT ALL gives them leverage.
MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
Im not sure you quite understand this, but the rule book has been thrown out the window. If he says it, it be that way. Nobody is now or will in the future stand up to him.
habitualcynic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
Oh I know. But truth and words matter. We cannot let them control the narrative, and we cannot let the less educated have it in their head that an emergency is all it takes. We have to hold the line.
Liketearsinrain@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 188d
MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 188d
We can feel bad for both. Americans will continue to die, as well as Iranians in order to protect the pedo class oligarchs.
umbrella@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 188d
ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 189d
When will the American nightmare be over ? Will I live long enough to see an end to American incursions? 🤔😞
MyRobotShitsBolts@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
It's always been this way. Always. So no, you will not.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 189d
Paratroopers?
This should be interesting.
Coyote@piefed.ca · 6 pts · 189d
Reminds me of Market Garden except morally bankrupt and monumentally more ill-advised.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 3 pts · 189d
We already repeated "dropping a bunch of unsupported soldiers into a mountainous desert" 60 years ago. I bet this time they will greet them as liberators.
theacharnian@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 188d
Come On Home, Yankee soldiers