Trump Said “Troops on the Ground.” The Numbers Say Disaster.

In a country the size of Iran, boots on the ground are not a tough-sounding option. It is the front end of a catastrophe nobody seems prepared to explain.

Donald Trump floated putting U.S. troops on the ground in Iran like it was just another dial he could turn, a show of strength, a tougher phase, a sentence you can drop in front of cameras to sound decisive. In one reported remark, he mocked the standard presidential promise of “no boots on the ground” and indicated he does not make that promise.

However…