From the Israeli far-left magazine Haaretz:
Carlson’s opposition to GOP support for Israel to fight back in self-defense against Hamas marks him as an outlier. But his outsized influence may move some Republicans towards a more skeptical position on Israel
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WASHINGTON – Tucker Carlson, the far-right U.S. pundit who has been among the most high-profile skeptics of providing military aid and diplomatic support to Ukraine, used his Twitter talk show to decry Republicans advocating for Israel to use all of its capabilities to fight back against Hamas in Gaza, as well as its regional backers in Iran, after the terror group’s assault on southern Israel.
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Republicans across the party’s political spectrum to date have offered nothing but full-throated support for Israel, with the primary foray into conspiracy theory relating to how the Biden administration’s supposed appeasement of Iran empowered the attacks. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, along with fringe lawmakers and personalities, have offered their own twist connecting the attacks to the U.S.-Mexico border, the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and U.S. military support for Ukraine.
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Now that Carlson, who is perhaps the strongest weather vane and catalyst within the Republican Party outside of Trump, is questioning the party dogma on the U.S. backing of Israel, it stands to reason that others in the GOP may follow.
Haaretz, of course, is anti-Trump, anti-Bibi, and anti-Tucker, but there is no doubt Carlson is questioning some of the more zealous, disgraced warmongers in the GOP while at the same time affirming Israel’s right to defend itself:
JUST IN: Tucker Carlson blasts Nikki Haley, Lindsey Graham and Dan Crenshaw for being warmongers with their responses to the Israel-Hamas war.
Carlson specifically blasted Graham for "not caring" about lost lives because he is nearly 70 years old with no kids.
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) October 9, 2023
Tucker notes that a war with Iran would be counter-productive and disastrous. Instead of indulging in neocon war fantasies, we should be focused on the situation on the southern border, Tucker says.
You can see exactly what Tucker Carlson has said about Israel and Hamas here (timestamps below):
(5:45) Intelligence Failure
(7:00) Billions for Iran and Ukraine
(7:55) Dan Crenshaw
(9:00) Selective Moral Outrage
(12:30) U.S. Problems
(19:00) "Finish Them"
(20:00) War with Iran
(23:15) Money Corrupts Politics— Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) October 9, 2023
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