March 27, 2026: Boots on the Ground, Knocks on the Door
Don’t miss this week’s blog post by IP attorney, author Timothy Trainer, host of the podcast and video show Tim’s Travails • Follow Tim on Substack
March 27 marks four weeks since the U.S.-Israel bombardment of Iran began. We’re a month into the war of choice. U.S. Central Command announced that the U.S. has hit more than 10,000 targets in just under four weeks: Iran war latest: Trump ‘pauses’ threat to bomb Iran’s energy facilities for 10 days – and says talks ‘going very well’ | World News | Sky News.
On March 24, our Criminal-in-Chief was heard saying that the war in Iran has been won and we’ve achieved regime change: Trump declares Iran war ‘won’ as Tehran denies claims of peace talk progress – The Washington Post. Apparently, the Iranians are not acting as if the war has been lost and is now over.
Indeed, even as the words of our victory pass the Criminal-in-Chief’s lips, he’s ordering the deployment of additional ground troops to the region. The thousands being deployed to the region will add to the roughly 50,000 U.S. military personnel who were already there. US expected to send thousands of soldiers to Middle East, sources say.
Based on the announced deployments, the U.S. will increase the number of Marines in the region by approximately 5,000 (U.S. orders more warships, thousands of Marines to the Middle East) and Army soldiers by 2,000 to 3,000: More than 2,000 troops from Fort Bragg’s 82nd Airborne Division are headed to the Middle East | WUNC News.
Nancy Mace • Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Mace
As contradictory statements of winning and escalation emanate from the White House, it isn’t surprising to read that members of the Criminal-in-Chief’s political party are frustrated. The Republican chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said the Pentagon wasn’t providing sufficient information about its aims in the Middle East. Even Republicans Flip Out After Classified Pentagon Briefing on Iran – NewsBreak. Even Republican Congresswoman Nancy Mace walked out of a classified briefing, commenting that the administration is trying to drag the country into another Iraq: MAGA rep sounds alarm on war after walking out of meeting.
Sustaining any losses and casualties is painful. Thus far, despite the mixed and contradictory messaging regarding the many U.S. objectives of this war of choice, we have not sustained a high number of casualties. A late March report indicated that thirteen service members have been killed and over 230 injured: Iran war takes mounting toll on America’s military. We should be thankful that all the Iranian missiles and drones aimed at U.S. personnel have not caused more death and injury.
Unfortunately, with the possibility of inserting thousands of ground troops into the war effort, we must ask ourselves how many more U.S. service members may be killed and injured. We should demand a better, clearer statement of purpose and mission before placing more service members in harm’s way. Given the erratic decision-making already displayed, it is frightening to think that our Criminal-in-Chief may be baited by Iranian taunts urging the U.S. to “come closer”: zambianobserver.com
More American service members on the ground and in the direct line of fire will undoubtedly mean more dreaded knocks on the door. Sadly, we have a history of wars dragging on, resulting in ever-growing lists of names of those who give their lives and those who incur war-related injuries. The prospect of boots on the ground means even more knocks on the door to notify family members of those lost and injured.
Before additional marines and soldiers arrive in the region, before they are confronted with the reality of war, before the knocks on the door become a daily or hourly occurrence, will our elected members of Congress do their job? Will they act and demonstrate to us that they truly believe that those who serve in uniform are our nation’s treasure, or is that, too, empty political rhetoric? Before the number of door knocks grows, I want to see proof that those who serve are treated as national treasures, at least as important and valuable to the country as the Criminal-in-Chief.
We shouldn’t have to wait for the list of those killed and injured to grow before demanding a more thorough explanation from this administration of what is being asked of our military, the people, is worthy of their sacrifice.
About the Timothy Trainer: Writing books is a passion for attorney Timothy Trainer, who for more than three decades focused on intellectual property issues in his day job. He has worked in government agencies and in the private sector, and his assignments have taken him to 60 countries around the world.
Tim found time to pen a few non-fiction tomes, including his first book, Customs Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights; the 15th edition was published in 2022. Thomson Reuters’ Aspatore Books published Tim’s next title in 2015, Potato Chips to Computer Chips: The War on Fake Stuff.
Fiction was a genre he always wanted to try. In 2019, Pendulum Over the Pacific, was released by Joshua Tree Publishing. “This political intrigue story is set in Tokyo and Washington, D.C., and centers on trade tensions between the U.S. and Japan in the late 1980s,” Tim explains.
In 2023, his first series hit bookstores: The China Connection.
In 2025, he published the sequel, The China Factor, which ranked #63 on the Amazon Asian Literature list in May.
