The United States (US) Vice President (VP) JD Vance has commented on his administration’s stance on ground operations in Iran, ruling out a campaign to overthrow the government in Tehran.
During an appearance on Joe Logan’s podcast, Vance addressed the debate surrounding strategy and military intervention. He noted that the US does not plan to deploy a force of 150,000 soldiers for regime change, framing it as a matter for the population to resolve.
“It’s not good, right? And so, like if the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that’s up to them. But we’re not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime unless the people on the ground themselves want to accomplish that outcome. Now, we’re not going to send the troops in regardless, but like to propose sending in the troops, you’re basically saying that the US military should do the job for the Iranian people. We’re not in that business anymore. We’re just not,” Vance stated.
Defending the military action, the Vice President pointed out that the President utilizes power strategically to achieve specific outcomes rather than engaging in open-ended conflicts.
Vance shared: “What the President has done very, very capably is said we’re going to use military force in this situation when it’s connected to something we’re trying to achieve. But we’re not just going to do something open-ended, indefinitely… We’re going to try to use our military force as one of the many tools that we have to solve the problem.”
