It was a weekend of protests and military escalation.

In the Middle East, an Iranian attack on an airbase in Saudi Arabia hit several aircraft

and wounded more than a dozen U.S. troops.

Yemeni Houthis, backed by Iran, entered the war.

And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday

that his country would widen its invasion of southern Lebanon.

All of this, as President Trump weighs ending the war he started, or extending it by ordering

newly arrived Marines and paratroopers onto Iranian shores.

Our daughters in the Army is currently stationed in South Korea.

And right now, the military boots on the ground possibility is the biggest thing in my head

right now.

That's Karina Kagan, speaking to member station KCUR in Kansas City on Saturday.

She was one of many protesters who turned out across the country at the third No King's demonstration against President Trump.

The idea of a ground invasion of Iran is also divisive for members of the Iranian diaspora.

Ground troops is very scary.

American troops could lose support from U.S. side.

You could get a lot of casualties on the American front, and that can make the public

here completely against the Iranians.

That's Sahand Kodakian at an anti-regime protest on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.,

on Sunday.

Consider this.

At the heart of the war in the Gulf is a question about the fate of the Iranian government.

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