yes, the Americans need an excuse to send troops on the ground, so placing special forces to be bombed by Russians seems quite possible, or they are completely dump and stupid at the Pentagon.

The US didn't get enough having their arse kicked in Afghanistan and Iraq, and now they want a real power like Russia or China against them. They probably think they got enough training with those 2 failed wars.

WW3 soon ? could be, other world wars have started for less