[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

--- "Boots on the ground?! NO WAY! This is not out circus, not our monkeys."

Agreed. And yet only a couple of months ago:

Lloyd Austin Threatens to Deploy Troops if Ukraine Aid is Shut Down American Greatness, 6 December 2023

[ansel12]

“”””Lloyd Austin Threatens to Deploy Troops if Ukraine Aid is Shut Down””””

That title implies that Austin was talking about deploying troops to Ukraine which isn’t even close to what he said.