Ground Zero: The Unthinkable Invasion of Iran The specter of a US ground invasion of Iran has been cast as a distant possibility, but one that refuses to go away.
Tensions simmer, airstrikes continue, and the echoes of 2003's Iraq War are unmistakable. The devastation of Fallujah, Mosul, and Najaf haunts the corridors of power in Washington.
In this fragile Middle Eastern landscape, a US ground invasion would be a catastrophic gamble, setting off a powder keg of regional instability.