From a March 19, 2026, video on Dailywire.com

BEN SHAPIRO (HOST): I will say that, in my opinion, the faster you move, the better. And so my temptation would be to take Kharg Island. My temptation would be to — if that requires putting special operators on the ground to do it, I would do it. My temptation would be to basically obliterate the entire coastline where Iran is firing drones and missiles at ships, and then to provide whatever help is necessary in order to provoke a popular uprising in Tehran. Like, that would be — but again, I would have to see sort of all of the contingencies and sort of the military planning. I'm assuming they know more than I do, but whatever it would take — I would've already moved to take Kharg Island. It's 90 percent of their oil.