Tucker Carlson to Trump: This Is Your Last Chance To Stop A War That Will Further Weaken And Destroy America

Real Clear Politics ^ | 6/16/2025 | Tim Hains

[nitzy]

I wasn’t cursing you. I am legitimately hoping your words don’t come back to haunt you as mine did after the Iraq war. I was tricked by the sociopath war pigs into being its biggest cheerleader. Then I saw what destruction it wrought for no discernible reason.

[logi_cal869]

An ironic update on US intel re the Iranian nuclear program

https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/irans-nuclear-program-somebody-was

“It is staggering then to think that we could be so blind, so devoid of sources of intelligence inside Iran, that we would be telling the DCI, and the President, that there was no Iranian nuclear weapons program, even as the Israelis were tracking the precise status of that program, identifying by name all of the key people building the bomb and ascertaining their precise whereabouts so they could be eliminated by strikes on their personal residences and places of work.

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It would be a really good thing to have an Intelligence Community that was capable of providing the necessary clarity on these threats to help keep us all alive. If we don’t have such an Intelligence Community right now, we better figure out why in a hurry and start making the necessary changes on a crash basis before we run out of time.

Somebody was very, very wrong about the status of the Iranian nuclear weapons program. Unfortunately, I am betting it was us.”

[SpaceBar]

At this very moment, Israel is making the world a safer place.

And that’s all that really matters.

[Forward the Light Brigade]

Is it really making the world a safer place? The end of Iran will not make the world better—just as taking out Nazi Germany didn’t end problems in the world in 1945. They were replaced by bigger problems. Every Iranian you kill makes more hate and more war. Israel is great because America is powerful—But a day might come when America is weak just as England was once a great power and now is a weak nation. It would and will happen over time.

[minnesota_bound]

Tucker Carlson must be paid by the mideast countries.
No one but a fool would let Iran get nuclear weapons.

[Omnivore-Dan]

Not until their ballistic missiles and launchers are taken out and the regime becomes irrelevant. And you can save the sarcasm for some other post.

[Omnivore-Dan]

“Show me reports of detectable airborne radiological isotopes which prove that the Israelis hit any nuclear research site at all”.
I guess the Israelis and our intelligence is just spreading propaganda then, right? As for finishing the job, well just stay tuned.

[1Old Pro]

Every clause of the Budapest Memorandum has been blatantly violated by Russia, exposing the fragile nature of security promises when deterrence is given away.

None of these agreements are worth the paper they are written on. Which is why Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and why their agreement not to develop could not be trusted. I support Israel eliminating their capabilities and believe we also need ongoing inspections.

[USA-FRANCE]

“None of these agreements are worth the paper they are written on. Which is why Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and why their agreement not to develop could not be trusted. I support Israel eliminating their capabilities and believe we also need ongoing inspections.”

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The Budapest Memorandum was not a minor diplomatic note — it was a landmark agreement. So significant, in fact, that Ukraine relinquished the third-largest nuclear arsenal in the world in exchange for security assurances. When Russia flagrantly violated that agreement by invading Ukraine and annexing parts of its territory, it shattered a foundational principle of international law and diplomacy: that sovereign agreements can’t be trusted anymore.

Thus, your assertion that ‘none of these agreements are worth the paper they are written on’ is tragically accurate — and it was Russia who proved it. The moment they tore up the Budapest Memorandum, they created a precedent that undermines all future diplomatic guarantees anywhere on the planet.

This has global consequences. It directly confirms the logic behind not trusting Iran’s nuclear commitments. If a major nuclear power like Russia can blatantly discard a major signed accord, why should anyone believe that the Iranian regime — far less accountable — will abide by its promises?

Moreover, it also means Ukraine cannot afford to sign any ceasefire or peace agreement with Russia. The precedent shows that any deal will likely be violated the moment it no longer suits Moscow’s interests. Just as Russia destroyed the credibility of security guarantees, it has destroyed the possibility of negotiated peace — at least one based on trust.

So yes, inspections, enforcement, and, when necessary, preemptive action remain the only reliable tools in dealing with regimes that have demonstrated a pattern of deception and aggression.”