US Army Ground War Quick Resolution Plan Exposed, Aims to Replicate "42-Day Annihilation of Iraq" Myth

**March 29 Update: U.S. Prepares Limited Iran Ground Operation Targeting Oil Lifeline** News of U.S. military preparations for a limited ground operation against Iran grabbed global attention March 29. Unlike the 2003 full-scale Iraq invasion, the Pentagon is deploying the "Scimitar of Execution" tactic: no territorial occupation, no prolonged conflict, focused solely on Iran’s oil lifeline—Kharg Island. The goal is to replicate the 1991 Gulf War’s "swift few-week victory." Per foreign media reports, the U.S. is planning a weeks-long limited ground mission (not full occupation). Thousands of Marines and paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division have deployed to the Middle East. Some 3,500 troops from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) are aboard the USS *Guam*, en route to the Persian Gulf’s core waters. On March 26, the U.S. military noted it’s weighing up to 10,000 ground troops (infantry, armored units)—just 1% of the 2003 Iraq War’s force size. It’s ditching the past model of million-troop invasion forces. The Pentagon’s strategy is clear: abandon high-cost, high-risk full-scale occupation for an "economic strangulation campaign." Core targets: Iran’s southwestern oil region, the strategic Hormuz Strait chokepoint, and Kharg Island—Iran’s key oil export hub (handling over 90% of its oil exports, its economic lifeline). Per PolyBeats monitoring, prediction market Polymarket puts the probability of U.S. troops entering Iran at 5% by this month’s end and 64% by April’s end.