{"id":55242,"date":"2026-03-14T08:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55242"},"modified":"2026-03-14T08:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:36:52","slug":"pentagon-sending-assault-ship-at-least-2500-marines-toward-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/?p=55242","title":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Pentagon sending assault ship, at least 2,500 Marines toward Iran<\/b><\/h2>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55243\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-14-at-8.34.17-AM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"583\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-14-at-8.34.17-AM.png 583w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot-2026-03-14-at-8.34.17-AM-300x255.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 583px) 100vw, 583px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 The Pentagon is deploying the USS Tripoli and thousands of military service members to the Middle East after President Trump vowed Friday to unleash \u201cunparalleled firepower\u201d on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/13\/us-news\/trump-issues-new-threat-about-iran-watch-what-happens-to-these-deranged-scumbags-today\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cderanged scumbags\u201d leading Iran<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The deployment of the\u00a0amphibious assault ship\u00a0comes as the American military admits it\u2019s currently unable to break Iranian influence over the vital Strait of Hormuz\u00a0as global oil prices spike.<\/p>\n<p>____<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/13\/us-news\/pentagon-sending-assault-ship-marine-expeditionary-unit-toward-iran\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/13\/us-news\/pentagon-sending-assault-ship-marine-expeditionary-unit-toward-iran\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55242","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=55242"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55242\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=55242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=55242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=55242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}