Leo Hohmann – Leo’s Newsletter March 26, 2026
President Trump is massing American troops in the Middle East, while talking about a peace deal with a country, Iran, whose leaders deny they are in any such talks and want no part of Trump’s deals.
Elements from the 82nd Airborne Division headquarters and a brigade combat team will deploy to the Middle East, the Pentagon confirmed in a statement Wednesday.
“We can confirm elements of the 82nd Airborne Division HQs, some division enablers and the 1st BCT will be deploying to the CENTCOM AOR,” a Defense Department spokesperson said.
Military analysts estimate that a combined 10,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops, consisting of Marines and Army units, are on the way, the first installment of which is due to arrive in the region this weekend.
Never mind that this is exactly the type of operation that candidate Trump repeatedly said he would never commit to, putting thousands of boots on the ground in a hostile Middle Eastern country. Despite the rhetoric, I predicted back in January and February that any military action that involved regime change in Iran would necessarily have to involve ground troops. (I reported on Feb. 19 that ground troops would be deployed and I reported as far back as Jan. 6 that Iran would close the Strait of Hormuz if attacked by the U.S./Israel, launching a much larger war than what Trump was indicating would be necessary.)
But what are the chances of success should American troops hit the ground of Iran in the coming days or weeks?
I’m no military expert but I’m not sure how it behooves the U.S. operation to announce such troop deployments ahead of time, giving the Iranians time to prepare even more than they already are.
It’s especially true if you are sending only 10,000 to 50,000 troops into a country like Iran that has a million men in uniform, including 150,000 highly trained elite members of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps (IRGC). One would think that maybe the element of surprise would come in handy when you find yourselves so vastly outnumbered? But again, that’s just me. What do I know?
This wouldn’t be the first time a Western army was sent on a suicide mission to take control of a narrow strait of water, where the enemy is firmly dug in with the capability to fire on the undermanned invaders.
Historian Mark Cartwright, writing at WorldHistory.org, notes the World War I Battle of Gallipoli serves as a lesson worth studying. In that famous battle, the Ottoman Turks successfully beat back an attempt by the British and allied forces to capture and control the Dardanelles Strait, a narrow body of water not unlike the Strait of Hormuz now controlled by Iran.
Cartwright writes of the World War I battle that took place in 1915:
“This major expedition involved British, French, Australian, and New Zealand (ANZAC) troops and was launched to break through the Dardanelles into the Black Sea, thereby providing a new supply route to Russia. The Ottoman defenses remained robust, and an eight-month-long trench battle of attrition ultimately ended in an Allied withdrawal. Infamous as a costly failure, the campaign resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties, and its staunchest promoter, Winston Churchill, was sacked from his role in the British Admiralty.”
According to Cartwright’s account, the Turks had the high ground while the invaders had no cover as they tried to trudge over rugged terrain, a factor magnified even more so in Iran, where the Hormuz Strait is flanked by miles of mountains, caves, cliffs and valleys.
“The Allied forces, with little natural cover to take advantage of around Cape Helles, soon found themselves pinned down by enemy fire, particularly from well-protected machine guns,” Cartwright writes (his entire article is worth reading here).
In short, the Dardanelles became a catastrophe soaked in British and French blood, despite the fact that they had what at the time was considered a vastly superior fighting force. Today’s modern drone warfare complicates the situation even more for U.S. troops trying to take control of the Strait of Hormuz.
Military historian Col. Douglas MacGregor (retired) also points to the Battle of Gallipoli as an indicator of what could happen in the Strait of Hormuz should Trump decide to launch an invasion there.
For more insights into this fascinating historical analysis that someone in Trump’s inner circle is surely aware of, fast-forward to the 44:38 mark in MacGregor’s video interview below with Lt. Col. Daniel Davis.
MacGregor stated:
“People seem to have read the story of the Dardanelles, but they didn’t read all the way through… They read the first few chapters and thought that’s a great idea, let’s do it. They didn’t bother to read the concluding chapter, which was catastrophic failure. It was a dumb idea. What they’re talking about trying to do with ground troops in the Strait of Hormuz, in my judgment, is an equally dumb idea. Unless of course, and I could be wrong about this, you have annihilated all of the intermediate range and tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and you have eliminated all of the unmanned systems that could be launched and hurled at you, so that the place is barren. And then, even more important, perhaps you can jam all of the satellites, Russian and Chinese and others, that are providing assistance and support and imagery, to the Iranians. If you can do all of those things, then I suppose you can put people on the ground with rifles, walking around looking at the neighborhood.”
He added, “So we need to understand these kinds of operations are extremely dangerous, very difficult to conduct. And I hope, I hope somebody somewhere, is telling these things to the president.”
Old and stoned? You’re still good enough for drone fodder
Meanwhile, multiple news agencies are reporting that the U.S. army has raised the maximum enlistment age to 42 years old and scrapped a barrier for potential recruits who have a legal conviction for marijuana or possession of drug paraphernalia.
Americans up to 42 years of age can now volunteer to enlist in the Army, the Army national guard and the Army reserves, according to the new U.S. army regulation, lifting the previous ceiling of 35 years old.
The Army has also removed restrictions upon recruits who have a single conviction for possession of marijuana or associated items such as bongs, pipes and spoons. Previously, such a conviction would require a special waiver from officials in the Pentagon, with the recruit having to wait 24 months to enlist and passing a drug test.
These policy changes come just days after the Pentagon announced it would automatically register American teenage boys for the draft on their 18th birthday.
Added together, such changes sound like the White House may be gearing up for a military draft, but I don’t believe that would happen before the November mid-term elections.
Trump is increasingly looking and sounding like he is desperate to find a way out of the Iran war that he publicly describes as a raging success. But none of his options are good ones. He can either claim a hollow victory and walk away, or he can escalate the war by launching a ground invasion of a heavily guarded Iranian coastline with geography that favors the defenders over the invaders. A third option would be to use nuclear weapons against Iran, something no sane person would hope to see.
Trump announced Thursday he was increasing his 5-day cessation of the bombing to 10 days, with a new deadline of April 6 for Iran to accept his “deal.” This deal, as best we can tell from Trump’s own words, is total and unconditional surrender, which of course is a non-starter for Iran.
The extension of Trump’s deadline to April 6 means nothing to anyone who knows Trump. He has a history of setting artificial deadlines.
If there’s one thing we have learned from Trump’s record as the “peace president,” it’s that we should not pay attention to anything he says, but rather watch what he does.
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Starmer opens up on Lord Mandelson ‘mistake’
Story by Jane Dalton • 10h
this is nonsense
they were both part of the epstein/rothschild spy machine
Iran’s IRGC Intelligence Organization says it has arrested 103 US-Israeli-linked agents since the start of the war:
🔺 A 4-member cell was planning to sabotage Tehran’s power grid infrastructure but was identified and arrested.
🔺 Another 4-member group linked to a royalist terrorist network was planning to destabilize the streets, but was captured by intelligence forces.
🔺 Five armed attackers intended to target security checkpoints but were arrested before taking action.
🔺 90 “traitors” accused of sending coordinates of sensitive sites and strike-location images to hostile media outlets, were identified and proper action was taken against them.
🔺 Measures were also taken against 16 Starlink device owners and 400 sellers of cyber-evasion tools.
source;-
https://t.me/s/PressTV
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Note; Vital point here re 🔺 Another 4-member group linked to a royalist terrorist network was planning to destabilize the streets, but was captured by intelligence forces.;-
…which would implicate ALL Zio-controlled mainstream news outlets (UK/US/Europe etc) in treacherous links with this terror network for fake news purposes to smear Iran WITH PARTICULAR EMPHASIS ON SELECTED INDIVIDUALS CAREFULLY HANDPICKED FOR PERSONAL INTERVIEWS WITH ZERO OPPOSITION TO COUNTER THE LIES with SKY TV/GB NEWS TAKING THE LEAD).
Don’t think these guys are enthusiastic about leaving behind their nice cushy apartments left behind, paid for by Uncle Sam. Do they still get that 2grand for housing while out there or is that put on hold? Not to worry. Once some of them return home, no longer wanting to re-inlist, they can get a job with the county sheriff dept where they can continue to receive dope and lift weights or something.
“One would think that maybe the element of surprise would come in handy when you find yourselves so vastly outnumbered? But again, that’s just me. What do I know?”
No Mr ((( Howmann))), with constant real time observation by Russia and China there is no such thing as “surprise”.
“This wouldn’t be the first time a Western army was sent on a suicide mission…”
What a surprise!!! The jew Churchill was responsible for the Dardanelles catastrophe. So now we have another jew ( Trumpstein) ready to send goyim to die for isra-hell.
If this actually goes ahead it will be slaughter which will lead to a mutiny. Who would want to die for the jews? As for the Pentagon yapping on about a “draft”, how nice of the SATT ( scum at the top ) to want to have stupid goyim fight and die for them.
Don’t forget , our boys are going out there to protect our freedoms, or something. Fighting army men and women to allow us to live freely on the streets, unmolested, to have the freedom to travel without tolls, tickets or traffic violations. They are going out there to keep the enemy engaged . And then when some of them return to the states they can become ICE agents or county sheriffs and protect our freedoms here. Maybe get a job watering Trumps golf course.
Trump is insane:
One does not need to predict the outcome re Land Forces….its a given they will be slaughtered.
Iran will unleash weapons not seen before.
Gallipoli??? or Dunkirk in WW2?… the Allies would have been slaughtered by the Germans had not Hitler ordered a stand down for his troops.
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My guess is Trump will do another TACO ( Trump Again Chickens Out )…at or near the deadline.
The USA has never won a war of which they were to sole participant..and the fact he has no support from his Alllies is very indicting and will have predictable outcomes.
Round up about 1/2 of ((( NYC ))) and send them in to Iran ….. G*d will protect them
Raising the age limit for military ?
Sheer desperation !!!
Pass the Halal popcorn !!!
The Dardanelles Campaign,”resulted in 250,000 Allied casualties, and its staunchest promoter, Winston Churchill, was sacked from his role in the British Admiralty.”
This is the same Winston Churchill who followed his Shylockian Zionist paymasters, resulting in WW2, and foolishly rejected Hitler’s munificent offer to end the war in July 1940. By contemptuously and contemptibly rejecting this offer, sealing the fate of hundreds of millions, he doomed western civilization, as we see around us every day, Britain in particular.
New information about Nicola Bulley death may cast doubt over investigation, says TV cop
Story by Ashley Pemberton •
A woman with blonde hair is smiling and wearing sunglasses while standing on the shore of a river, with a brown dog sitting on the ground nearby.
© Lancashire Police / SWNS
The detective who uncovered the Jimmy Savile scandal claims to have received “new information” about the death of Nicola Bulley. Ex-cop turned TV investigator Mark Williams-Thomas made the bombshell claim on his TikTok account.
( NOT TRUE the jimmy saville scandal was a scoop for the truthseeker co uk )
He did not reveal what the information was, but said it “may cast doubt on the narrative that she accidentally fell into the water”, adding: “There might be other circumstances that led to that event.”
The cover up.
She was believed to have ben followed by a migrant, more than that we do not know
Mortgage broker Nicola, 45, vanished while walking her dog by the River Wyre in St Michael’s on Wyre, Lancs., in 2023. She was found in the river after 23 days and an inquest ruled she drowned after accidentally falling into cold water.
I agree about dismissing Trump’s words as only his actions count.
https://somethinghappeninghere.wordpress.com/2024/12/03/trump-it-is-his-actions-not-his-words-that-count/
As to Gallipoli, that movie made in the 80s called “Gallipoli” and the ending of it made me cry (most of the soldiers were Aussies…and was Mel Gibson in the movie?) I hate war!
The 82nd Airborne Retard Division WILL BE DEPLOYED… The JEW-S tards are offering themselves are live target practice.. this is so insanely stupid that no comparison can be found..
There is some excellent analysis here of the “ambulance incident” that looks like a false flag hoax.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCaw9R-vewU
(Around 24 minutes in…)
LOL..
Judging by MacEgregores form and the accuracy of his previous predictions, which were all evident nonsense designed by intel to serve dual purpose…it looks like the mullahs are on their last legs*…because if the deep state colonEL is prognosticating you can do a total 180…
take that to the bank.. because the colonEL has..
*of course the yankees are in trouble too, because the outcome of all this if it goes to plan..which all the others have incidentally..you know, iraq libya syria lebanon etc..will be the dissolution of OTAN…and then Turkey will get cooked..because then of course you will get some sort of bankster Judeo lol American whirled police… probably run from the third temple which will no doubt double as an amazon warehouse and vaxxxine factory.. and kosher slaughterhouse..
you bet ya..
It has often occurred to me that the mentality of most Americans WRT “their” empire is like that which we Brits had a while back; perhaps not as far back as Victorian times, but post WWI where “patriotism” was still aligned to the purposes of international capital but still wilting somewhat.
These combatants are surely walking into the jaws of death. Who are they fighting and dying for. Not usa but israel. Iran poses no risk to usa. So my advise- be a conscientious objector or just lay down your arms and surrender.
Now might be a good time for the US Army and Marine Corp to declare
“We are not dying for Zionism”
“We are not dying for Israel”
“We are not dying for Trump”
“And we are not dying for Chabad and the Synagogue of Satan”
Just heard Trump has now changed his mind.
Now not sending troops to free-up the Straits of Hormuz.
stephen brilliant comment about that dirty bastard churchill
nice one