VP Vance says US will not put boots on ground in Iran: 'We're not in that business anymore'

Vice President JD Vance ruled out on Wednesday the possibility of the United States conducting a ground invasion of Iran as hostilities with the Middle Eastern country resume.

The vice president said that if there is going to be regime change in Iran, then it would have to come from the Iranian people and not outside forces like the United States. 

“If the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that’s up to them,” Vance said during an appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience.” “But we’re not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime. We’re not in that business anymore. We’re just not."

Vance also emphasized that the administration’s immediate goals are to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, protect the flow of oil and gas and prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.

The comment comes as fighting in the region resumed this week because of a collapse in the nominal ceasefire that was reached last month. The ceasefire collapsed after Iran opened fire on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

It also comes after the United States launched two waves of strikes against Iranian vessels earlier Wednesday. The strikes targeted Iranian military capabilities in response to Iran threatening vessels that are freely transiting through the Strait of Hormuz.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.