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malaise

(269,237 posts)
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:04 PM Jan 2020

Tucker Fucker Carlson rips Soleimani killing: 'Washington has wanted war with Iran for decades'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/tucker-carlson-rips-soleimani-killing-washington-has-wanted-war-with-iran-for-decades/ar-BBYC249?ocid=spartanntp
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"Threats in the region? If you don't live in Washington, here's the translation: That would be in hostile Middle Eastern countries," Carlson said. "Places where American troops would never be in the first place, were it not for the insistent demands of nongeniuses like Max Boot and John Bolton."

"But never mind, no one in Washington is in the mood for big-picture questions right now. Questions, the obvious ones, like: 'Is Iran really the greatest threat we face?' and 'Who is actually benefiting from this?'"

Thousands of Iraqis marched through the streets of Baghdad shouting "Death to America" during the Saturday funeral processions of Soleimani and al Muhandis.

Carlson, 50, then ripped Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, calling him a "chest-beater" and a "very tough character" who was making the "usual warlike noises" since the airstrikes.


Carlson claimed that "Washington has wanted war with Iran for decades" and referenced an August Gallup poll that showed only 18% of Americans "backed military force to shut down Iran's nuclear program."
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Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
4. he is a white supremacist. all context should start there.
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:06 PM
Jan 2020

i mean to say his evaluation of America's diminished role on the world stage is tied to white supremacy

 

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
6. The only president who fought like hell to avoid war with Iran was Obama...
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:07 PM
Jan 2020

And boy Tucker ridiculed him relentlessly.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
7. 'who benefits?' - tucker never mentions trump in the article cited,
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:13 PM
Jan 2020

of course the article was from the rw crap 'Examiner' who in editing . . .

[At some point traitortrump's video speech about his war and re-election, will come to the forefront].

malaise

(269,237 posts)
10. I noticed that
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:14 PM
Jan 2020

They all disgust me but there are cracks although Fucker does hate some of the neo-cons

Atticus

(15,124 posts)
11. Hey, Tuck---gimme a hit of what you're smokin', 'kay? 'S'all good if you just---whut? "Sittin'
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 08:14 PM
Jan 2020

downtown in a railway station------------------"

blm

(113,119 posts)
15. Sounds like he's absolving Trump for his audience of Trump worshippers
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:13 PM
Jan 2020

by making it sound like it was inevitable anyway.

AJT

(5,240 posts)
17. He's providing coverage for 45. Russian media is saying that it was the Washington
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 09:17 PM
Jan 2020

deep state that executed the attack to set 45 up.

Withywindle

(9,988 posts)
18. A stopped clock is right twice a day
Sat Jan 4, 2020, 11:27 PM
Jan 2020

But since a lot of white nationalists/white supremacists are super-isolationist that's got to be where it's coming from.

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