Posted on 03/18/2025 3:27:36 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson recently took to his official account on Musk's X (formerly known as Twitter) and warned US President Donald Trump about the complications of striking Iran including the possibility of setting off a war, causing the death of thousands of Americans.
The American political commentator and presenter wrote, "It’s worth pointing out that a strike on the Iranian nuclear sites will almost certainly result in thousands of American deaths at bases throughout the Middle East, and cost the United States tens of billions of dollars."
Tucker Carlson added, "The cost of future acts of terrorism on American soil may be even higher. Those aren’t guesses. Those are the Pentagon’s own estimates. A bombing campaign against Iran will set off a war, and it will be America’s war. Don’t let the propagandists lie to you."
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Has Tucker considered the ramifications of Iran’s crazy mullahs having deliverable nuclear weapons?
I didn’t know tucker felt this way. I dont really know tucker at all.
But I’ve lost a whole lot of respect for him based on this position.
fine, Tucker. just stay away from the 7 large USA cities that the crazy Iranian dictators are preparing to nuke
(maybe Tucker figures his homes at Boca Grande, FL are far enough away that he will survive the attacks okay)
In short, Iran is building its capability within America for a strike in catastrophic numbers anyway.
Tehran Tucker is bought and paid for by Qatar and Iran.
Operation Praying Mantis didn’t start a long war with Iran. It taught them to quit attacking cargo ships and US military ships. Iran hasn’t forgotten that lesson. They just think that there’s no longer a Reagan type president to fight back against them. To me Trump is likely to do much worse to Iran than Reagan ever thought about doing.
Funny, I’ve gained a bit of respect for him.
But I get it, a number of FReepers are way off base when it comes to the ME.
Tucker is not wrong here about the threat of asymmetric attacks by Iran-linked forces. They can’t go force-on-force with the US military, but they CAN hit soft targets, especially here in the US.
Read Day of Wrath by Forschten or The Attack by Schlichter and you’ll see plausible and sadly possible scenarios.
Tucker, like anyone, isn’t right about everything, yet he is right to call out the risk.
Sure. Let’s wait until Iran has their nuclear weapons ready to go. When they say death to America, I don’t think they’re joking.
Tough talk on Trump’s part may well cause Iran to blink. They have no allies that can help. Russia is preoccupied with Ukraine and recently lost their Syrian ally. China has no reason to intervene in a region where they have little stake. The two other Muslim regional powers, Turkey and Saudi Arabia, would benefit from an Iranian defeat. Israel and the U.S. hold the winning hand.
Yeah, I really don't see what choice we have.
“Tehran Tucker is bought and paid for by Qatar and Iran”
the kind of overreaction the Left does when they say Trump is bought and paid for by Putin because he wants the war to end.
The 9th Century pig fornicating psychopaths in Tehran cannot be allowed to have nukes. It’s that simple.
I am not for this involvement either.
Lots of sensible Freepers here too. ;-)
They probably already do.
Tucker Carlson is not wrong here. Trump undermines his credibility as an American nationalist whenever he adopts a foreign policy that could have been drafted by George W. Bush, John McCain, and Lindsey Graham.
All due respect to Tucker, but I hope President Trump Soleimanis the hell out of the so-called “Islamic Republic” until the opressed people of Iran overthow the last vestiges.
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