House Republican: ‘Only Purpose’ for US Boots on the Ground in Iran Is ‘to Get the Enriched Uranium’

GOP lawmaker says boots on the ground in Iran justified only to seize nuclear material

Rep. Mike Lawler says the only circumstance he can imagine that would justify sending U.S. ground troops into Iran would be a mission to secure the country's enriched-uranium stockpile.

House Republican: ‘Only purpose’ for US boots on the ground in Iran is ‘to get the enriched uranium’

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) said Sunday that “the only purpose that I could see” for U.S. troops on the ground in Iran “would be to get the enriched uranium.” “I think the question, moving forward, with respect to any troops on the ground, would be: For what purpose? And I think the only purpose that…