Podcaster Patrick Bet-David said on Wednesday that Israel should put as many as three soldiers on the ground in Iran for every American soldier.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak on the Iran conflict on Wednesday evening after ordering the deployment of additional Army and Marine units to the Persian Gulf region. Bet-David told co-hosts Vincent Oshara, Tom Ellsworth and Adam Sosnick what he would tell Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the episode of the PBD Podcast.
“By the way, that’s a very, that’s a very valid question, a, a very valid question,” Bet-David said. “If I’m sending my guys, you gotta send your guys. If you don’t send your guys, I’m not sending my guys. Even the most logical player cannot sit there and say, what are you talking about?”
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“Even the most logical player, and by the way, even more from your end, I don’t even want it to be one for one, I don’t even want it to be one for one,” Bet-David continued. “It’s gotta be two for one, three for one, because this benefits you more than it benefits me. I know we’re partners, but it’s gotta be a two-to-one or three-to-one situation when that’s taking place.”
Operation Epic Fury, a military campaign by the United States and Israel, commenced on Feb. 28 after attempts to negotiate a cessation of Iran’s efforts to acquire nuclear weapons failed. Some critics have pointed to comments Secretary of State Marco Rubio made during a March 2 press conference as evidence of Israel “taking advantage” of the United States.
Israeli forces have been striking targets related to Iran’s nuclear infrastructure throughout the current hostilities.
“We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” Rubio said. “We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t pre-emptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”
Prior to the conflict, Iran’s then-Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, posted multiple threats against Trump on social media, including depicting the president in a coffin. Trump confirmed Khamenei’s death in a Feb. 28 post on Truth Social.
The conflict has also caused clashes between Trump supporters, some of whom, like former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, have claimed the Iranian threat was not imminent.
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