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Iran Is Positioning an Attack on Kuwait to Draw the U.S. Into a Ground War

Iran hit the base that supplies American ground troops — the fight it wants. Four soldiers came home to Dover on Wednesday, and Pete Hegseth told the Senate the war was already won.

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Zev Shalev
Jul 22, 2026
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A dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base. U.S. Air Force photo by Roland Balik.

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Iran cannot beat the United States from the air, and its commanders know it. So they are building a different war — one fought on the ground, where a cheap drone can kill the soldiers an expensive missile was built to protect, and where a patient enemy can ble…

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