Benny Johnson: “I was promised that this wouldn’t turn into a larger regional conflict. It’s hard to believe that at this point. And it wouldn’t turn into American boots on the ground. It’s hard to believe that.”

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From the February 28, 2026, edition of The Benny Show, posted to YouTube

BENNY JOHNSON (HOST): Crazy. Crazy, man. Here we go. Everyone be safe out there. I don’t know. There’s a lot of people who live in Dubai. A lot of Americans live in Dubai. A lot of Brits live in Dubai. Israel’s David’s Sling defense system launching in Tel Aviv to take down incoming Iranian ballistic missiles. They say that this could go on for days. This could go on for days. So this is Dubai right now. Wow. And, again, just crazy, crazy clips out of — wow. You know? I don’t know.

I have mixed emotions on all of us. It’s bad. You know? It’s really bad. We’ll see. We’ll see what happens next. Situation monitors will be here to monitor the situation.

And, I just got to say, I was promised that this wouldn’t turn into a larger regional conflict. It’s hard to believe that at this point. And it wouldn’t turn into American boots on the ground. It’s hard to believe that, but we’ll see.