{"id":2585488,"date":"2026-03-30T21:20:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gulf-states-push-trump-to-intensify-iran-war-with-ground-invasion\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T21:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T01:22:32","slug":"gulf-states-push-trump-to-intensify-iran-war-with-ground-invasion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gulf-states-push-trump-to-intensify-iran-war-with-ground-invasion\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf states push Trump to intensify Iran war with ground invasion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgulf-states-push-trump-to-intensify-iran-war-with-ground-invasion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2585488&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports that the United Arab Emirates is privately urging the United States to launch a ground invasion of Iran, while most other Gulf states push President trump to continue the war. Gulf states are split: Kuwait and Bahrain favor a ground invasion; Saudi Arabia is hawkish; Qatar and Oman prefer a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-cia-director-critics-slam-biden-over-move-to-pursue-iran-on-nuclear-deal-absolutely-chokes\/\" title=\"Former CIA Director, Critics Slam Biden Over Move To Pursue ... On Nuclear Deal: \u2018Absolutely Chokes\u2019\">diplomatic approach<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE has borne the brunt of Iran\u2019s retaliatory strikes,facing more than 2,300 missiles and drones,wich has hardened its stance and made it the most hawkish Gulf state. A Gulf diplomat told the Associated Press that the UAE is actively lobbying Trump to invade Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Emirati voices and analysts express hard-line positions: Noura Al Kaabi, a minister of state, argues for guarantees that Iran won\u2019t threaten the region again; public intellectual Abdulkhaleq Abdulla calls for regaining control of islands and the Strait of Hormuz, even suggesting Trump act to remove Iran from control of the waterway.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has publicly praised Gulf allies for their role, describing figures such as Saudi crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a \u201cwarrior\u201d and thanking Gulf states for their perceived bravery in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts say any U.S.ground operation would likely be limited, perhaps aiming to seize Kharg Island or other small Hormuz-related targets rather than a broad invasion.<\/p>\n<p>The piece situates the UAE\u2019s hawkish posture within its longer-running foreign policy approach and notes the broader risk of escalation and potential disruptions to global energy and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/greta-thunberg-you-kill-fish-what-about-their-thoughts-and-feelings\/\" title=\"Greta Thunberg: You Kill Fish! \u2018What About Their Thoughts and Feelings?\u2019\">food supplies<\/a> if the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UAE pushes US to invade Iran as Gulf states lobby Trump to continue war<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2547521\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/united-arab-emirates\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"215\">United Arab Emirates<\/a> is reportedly privately pushing the United States to launch a ground invasion of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"100\">Iran<\/a>, while most other Gulf countries are pushing President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> to continue the war.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE unexpectedly bore the brunt of Iran&rsquo;s retaliatory assault, being targeted by more than 2,300 missiles and drones from Iran &mdash; more than Israel, a direct belligerent. The attacks, along with outsize damage against its economy, have pushed the country to be the most hawkish of all the Gulf states, with a Gulf diplomat <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-saudi-arabia-mbs-gulf-war-uae-89f690b952fe28d3140c537b70fa5051\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-saudi-arabia-mbs-gulf-war-uae-89f690b952fe28d3140c537b70fa5051\">telling<\/a> the <em>Associated Press<\/em> that it is lobbying Trump to invade Iran.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509929\/netanyahu-iran-war-halfway-point\/\">Netanyahu says Iran war &#8216;beyond the halfway point,&#8217; tells Trump to ignore anti-war polls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4509362\/houthis-entry-iran-war-oil-red-sea-strait-of-hormuz\/\">Houthis&#8217; entry into Iran war could have significant reverberations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4509457\/russia-aid-iran-expanding-middle-east-conflict-europe-warns\/\">Russian aid to Iran expanding Middle East conflict, Europe warns<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Kuwait and Bahrain, which have also been heavily hit, favor a ground invasion. Saudi Arabia was noted as hawkish, while Qatar and Oman favored a diplomatic solution.<\/p>\n<p>The outlet didn&rsquo;t note what kind of ground invasion was preferred. Many analysts believe any U.S. ground operation will be limited to seizing Kharg Island, Iran&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >central oil export hub<\/a>, and possibly some small islands in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Though Abu Dhabi hasn&rsquo;t come out and said it favors an invasion, its officials have grown more hawkish in their rhetoric.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;An Iranian regime that launches ballistic missiles at homes, weaponizes global trade and supports proxies is no longer an acceptable feature of the regional landscape,&rdquo; Noura Al Kaabi, a minister of state at the UAE&rsquo;s Foreign Ministry, wrote in a Monday column in the state-linked newspaper the <em>National. <\/em>She added, &ldquo;We want a guarantee that this will never happen again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Professor Abdulkhaleq Abdulla, an influential Emirati political scientist and public intellectual close to Abu Dhabi, has been posting Emirati irredentist wishes on X, calling for the Emirati takeover of several islands handed over to the Shah before the Islamic Revolution.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Britain committed a great sin when it handed over the Emirates Islands to the Shah of Iran in November 1971, and America committed a historic error when it gave the Shah the green light to occupy the islands and appointed him the policeman of the Arabian Gulf. It is time for America and Britain to rectify the grave historical injustice against the Emirates by returning the islands and ending the Iranian occupation,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abdulkhaleq_UAE\/status\/2038307641035018536?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abdulkhaleq_UAE\/status\/2038307641035018536?s=20\">said<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, he went so far as to directly call for Trump to take the Strait of Hormuz out of Iranian control.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Freeing the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian occupation will be the most significant tangible geopolitical victory for America and President Trump and the world and everyone participating in liberating it from the control of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard&rsquo;s terrorism, and in return, its liberation will be the biggest geopolitical setback for the Iranian terrorist regime and may pave the way for its collapse,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abdulkhaleq_UAE\/status\/2038670232005620089?s=20\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Abdulkhaleq_UAE\/status\/2038670232005620089?s=20\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has expressed his gratitude toward the Gulf countries for their role in Operation Epic Fury, saying on Friday that Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have shown &ldquo;bravery&rdquo; in the war. He lauded praise on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, calling him a &ldquo;warrior&rdquo; and &ldquo;fantastic man.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4507293\/world-food-supply-crisis-strait-hormuz-blockade\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4507293\">WORLD FACES SEVERE FOOD SUPPLY CRISIS IF STRAIT OF HORMUZ BLOCKADE CONTINUES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iran&rsquo;s attack on the Gulf countries hit them all by surprise, particularly the targeting of civilian and energy infrastructure. Analysts believe the Gulf states were targeted because Tehran was betting on&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/world\/middle-east\/by-striking-its-neighbors-iran-has-deepened-the-gulfs-resolve-to-fight-back-f2883367?gaa_at=eafs&amp;gaa_n=AWEtsqeloCE5UsATZJBJ8A5B22rTikwCi5wBrvL1yb8UuODBXRiQQrbb9xTcuAQDCdo%3D&amp;gaa_ts=69a63444&amp;gaa_sig=wJk11ZVwhWORja9DlDxMqk2UkB7fWvfl2w9MJmglcAm7HQJkFKTdYbvoCLZJyHLB9btxwm3g8KL-JgC46_T3Ig%3D%3D\">making their situation intolerable<\/a>, pushing them to use their influence in the Trump administration to force an end to the campaign. The actual effect has been the opposite, with the infuriated Arab leaders even floating the idea of joining the conflict outright.<\/p>\n<p>The UAE&rsquo;s status as the most hawkish of the Gulf countries comes as little surprise, given its <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/new-order-in-the-gulf-9780755645800\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.bloomsbury.com\/us\/new-order-in-the-gulf-9780755645800\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heritage-foundation-controversy-divides-conservatives\/\" title=\"Heritage Foundation controversy divides conservatives\">foreign policy hawkishness<\/a><\/a> over the past decade.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UAE urges US invasion of Iran as Gulf states back Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2585489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP23317561392774.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[42080,75204,75205,37216,32640],"class_list":["post-2585488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-ground-invasion","tag-gulf-states-2","tag-iran-war-2","tag-middle-east-policy","tag-trump-administration"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP23317561392774.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2585488"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2585492,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2585488\/revisions\/2585492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2585489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2585488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2585488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2585488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}