Sacrifice American Lives, Wealth For Israel’s Regime Change War In Iran (S01E145)

badlands podcast by borzou daragahi · Sep 7, 2026 · 33m

Monday, September 7, 2026, Istanbul

An article in Israel’s Jerusalem Post last week made waves for a provocative suggestion to boost military recruitment numbers to fight the Iran war.

In this special Labor Day episode of badlands, I discuss the sheer chutzpah of the suggestion and one aspect of it that hasn’t been widely pointed out.

In interviews with India’s NewsX World, I discuss the latest round of attacks between Iran and the US, an investigation into civilian casualties caused by an American attack on southern Iran, and Pete Hegseth’s latest foibles over leaks in Washington.

I also…