Basically the lunatics in charge have already initiated the processes to deploy US ground forces in Iran.

The Senator was not happy with the briefing..

Some predictions-

Hegseth boasted that '15,000' targets in Iran have been hit. It could be a flat-out lie as typical for this administration but post-Iraq War studies claim around 21,000 IIRC high precision munitions expended during the 2003 invasion.

US claimed that the offensive operation was to be 5 weeks long- there is probably only 2-3 weeks of capability left and afterwards the US navy/airforce is probably out of the expensive and very slow to produce ammunition which take many years to replenish. Then ships & planes, operational-level drones etc need major refitting and mechanical overhaul. I suspect that America has already exhausted its best combat power and will be unable to fight such a high tech war for the rest of the Trump administration.

This is when ground forces will have to be used since America would have exhausted its high precision munitions and anti-air defense already. An expeditionary force first, likely targets to secure the strait of Hormuz. Activation of the US army reserve etc, eventual deployment of US divisions into Iran to secure a beachhead into the country. This is when the real war, and disaster begins.

The Iranians, after weakening the AA defense of GCC, US army bases and Israel, will have better penetration of air cover for their missiles/shaheeds and if there are massed ground forces, will start hunting down and killing US troops with never-ending FPV drones like the Ukrainians did in the initial period of the Ukraine war to embarrass the Russians. This will be spammed into social media, and while western outlets will try to censor it but over time the people will see it.

Then Iranian counteroffensives on the ground to erase US penetrations into their country, a real bloodbath.

It's going to be a sh*t show. Trump may get impeached.

Iran media claims:

-IRCG- continued missile and drone operations against US army bases

-Major General Mohsen Rezaei: talks about after Iran wins the war, will want war reparations from the US and final expulsion of the US from the middle east occupation.

-206 students and teachers killed by US bombing, 120 schools damaged

-IRCG claims that they damaged the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier with missiles, which CENTCOM denies.

Spokesperson of Iran's Armed Forces General Shekarchi to leader of Muslim states:

"- Trust Islamic Republic and its Muslim people, and let us unite for the solidarity of the Islamic world against disbelief, polytheism, and hypocrisy led by the US and the Zionists.

- Do not trust the hollow power of the US, which cannot even defend its weakened army and will not be able to ensure the security of Muslim countries and the region.

- The largest US warship, the Abraham Lincoln, which instilled fear and plundered Muslim resources, was rendered operationally ineffective by the power of the Muslim nation of Iran and faced a historic defeat, forcing it to flee, a defeat that will be remembered in history."

IRGC Aerospace chief, General Majid Mousavi:

"In the past 48 hours, Iranian missiles have achieved twice the hit rate against American and Zionist targets. The skies have opened the way for these massive projectiles, ensuring that the punishment of the enemy remains ongoing."

They are claiming that the US-Israeli air defense umbrella has heavily degraded already, in the 3rd week of the war..

-Satellite images of 5 more damaged KC-135 appeared in the WSJ