Should President Trump send U.S. forces to Iran’s Kharg Island, it wouldn’t count as “boots on the ground” in the country, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) argued Tuesday. Trump is mulling sending troops to secure the island, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude oil exports, following strikes that targeted military infrastructure but left its…
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GOP lawmaker argues Marines on Kharg Island would not be ‘boots on the ground’
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Originally reported by The Hill
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