The Ben Shapiro Show Review

This is my 37th podcast. This is currently ranked number 29. The episode I listened to was "Episode 2381-BOOTS on the GROUND in Iran." This episode was released March 5. Ben Shapiro started the show by calling Chuck Schumer a pathological liar which is an insane thing for a Trump supporter to say. He criticized Europeans saying "Leave it to the Europeans to whine" because they oppose the war in Iran. Labeling all opposition as "whining" is actually not an argument. He mentioned Spain criticizing the war and refusing to support it by mentioning Spain's GDP being low. As if that is an argument. It reminds me of Pam Bondi saying why would we care about the Epstein files when the DOW is over 50,000. Side note: Since she said that the DOW is now below 50,000 so I suppose we can care about the Epstein files. Similarly, if Spain can just get their GDP up, their argument against supporting war in Iran will have more merit according to Trumpian logic. Shapiro mentioned many possible outcomes to the Iran war and said the worst outcome would be a strengthened ayotollah regime and this is also the most unlikely. He did not elaborate on how it is the most unlikely outcome when Trump says this is going to be a short war and 86 year old Khamenei has been replaced by 56 year old Khamenei. Shapiro talked about arming the Kurds in Iran. He had a guest from the American Friends of Kurdistan. Shapiro did mention how the Kurds are pro-American but have been betrayed by the U.S. many times in the past including the 1st Gulf War and in Syria. Of course, when he mentioned how the Kurds were betrayed during the Gulf War he dared to mention that he was betrayed by George Bush. But when he mentioned Syria it was He Who Must Not Be Named who betrayed him. Shapiro is classic MAGA commentator who dares to criticize some thing Trump does but won't use his name so his audience won't know that it was Trump who did it. It seems even more relevant that Trump already betrayed the Kurds than the fact George Bush Sr. did when Trump is our current president. The Kurdish guest says the Kurds want to help the U.S. but they are trying to get some long term commitments first because they don't want to be betrayed. The Kurds got to do what they got to do but I hope they understand they will be betrayed, especially with this president. Any decision they make about the accept U.S. weapons or actions they take should be made in the context of understanding that any long term agreement they make with Trump will surely be violated. In 2019, the Kurds were doing the hard word of fighting ISIS on behalf of the U.S. and Trump made an agreement with Turkey to remove U.S. forces so Turkey could attack the Kurds. None of Shapiro's pro-Iran war commentary mentions how this is an illegal war that has not been declared by Congress. Shapiro treats Trump as a rational actor with strategic goals when there has never been any evidence of this. I give this podcast 0/5 for intellectual dishonesty.