Fox anchor John Roberts suggests a land invasion of Iran “may be the best thing that the US could do”
Roberts: “The suggestion has been made occupy Bandar Abbas and that could take care of the whole problem”
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From the July 17, 2026, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus
JOHN ROBERTS (ANCHOR): There's another aspect to all of this and that is, what about ground forces --
BRENT SADLER (GUEST): Right.
ROBERTS: Coming into the fight? The Wall Street Journal with this headline, "Controlling Hormuz would take more U.S. troops and even more risk", former ahead the Iran division of Israeli Defense Intelligence told the outlet. Quote, "the dilemma is quite simple. At the end of the day, if the president want to take control over the straits, he will need to take over the straits. He is not able to his reach military or strategic objectives with the force he has now." The piece also lays out options moving forward including close escorts of traffic using American war ships, a land invasion or widening the air campaign. That second point, land invasion, something you and I chatted about during a commercial break yesterday, that may be the best thing that the U.S. could do. Because we've been talking about Kharg Island and whether or not to occupy Kharg Island, the suggestion has been made occupy Bandar Abbas and that could take care of the whole problem.