'Dangerous new phase' of Iran war on horizon as Pentagon plans hit Trump's desk: report

The Pentagon is preparing plans that would be a substantial escalation of the Iran war and place U.S. troops at risk from a number of dangerous threats if President Donald Trump chooses to act on them.

Military leaders are laying out plans for weeks of ground operations in Iran as thousands of American soldiers and Marines arrive in the Middle East, U.S. officials told the Washington Post, which described the escalation as a "dangerous new phase" in the war but would not be considered a full-scale invasion.