Posted on 04/09/2025 2:15:12 PM PDT by marcusmaximus
Iranian state media boosted recent comments from controversial political commentator Tucker Carlson that suggested an American military confrontation with Iran would be “suicidal” for the US.
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the official news agency of the state of Iran, published an article on Tuesday highlighting Carlson’s comments, in which the far-right podcast host and media personality warned the US against prosecuting a “destructive” war with Iran. Carlson cautioned that the US would surely “lose” any military confrontation with the Islamist regime and blamed unspecified “neocons” for suggesting federal lawmakers adopt a more aggressive posture toward Tehran.
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The former Fox News host did not note in his social media post that US officials have long accused Iran of clandestinely pursuing nuclear weapons — a charge denied by Tehran — and labeled the Middle Eastern power as the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism.
Tuesday was not the first time that Carlson lambasted US foreign policy toward Iran and its terrorist proxies in the Middle East.
In January 2024, he condemned American military action against the Houthi terrorist group in Yemen as the “next step toward full scale war with Iran, which the foreign policy ghouls in Washington have been fantasizing about for decades.”
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Beyond Iran, Carlson has sparked controversy over the past year for spreading misinformation regarding Jewish history and Israel. In September 2024, Carlson drew outrage for platforming Holocaust revisionist and self-described historian Darryl Cooper. During their discussion on his podcast, Cooper appeared to downplay the Holocaust, argued that the US was on the “wrong side” of World War II, and suggested that the slaughter of six million Jews in concentration camps was “humane” because the Nazis did not have food to feed the “prisoners of war.”
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Tucker is a looney.
Used to like him.
Tucker is a modern day prophet, and like all prophets, many will not listen to his warnings
I don’t want war with Iran. I fear they’ll start one though.
Tucker should stick to domestic. And the pseudo term "neocon" is passe. And invalid today.
Carlson is this year’s Karl Rove: a total sell-out.
Tucker’s not a looney, but I disagree with him on this issue. We have been fighting piracy since the smoke cleared over the Revolutionary War battlefields, and punishing piracy is one of the duties of Congress according to the Constitution.
Yes. A false prophet. On Qatar's payroll.
I guess that makes Thomas Jefferson a "neocon." Blithering imbecile.
Where did you post before 2025? What was your other screen name.
Iran has a chance to come to the tabel.
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Yes. This "lovingliberty1965" seems to be a 4chan fascist GdL Hitlerite.
Re that mot-true-any-more “neocon” terminology...
There are more liberals hawkish on Ukraine than Republicans...
IBTZ.
I used to love Tucker on tv, but his foreign policy segments were indefensible.
He approvingly presented guests who said Iran would DEFEAT the United States in a war.
I even wrote to Fox once when he put on a guest who said that anywhere in the world a United States Marine is stationed, they are there to steal the resources of that country.
Don’t even have to get into the Russia stuff, Tucker essentially believes that opposing any country anywhere equals a plot to start WW3.
He certainly wouldn’t oppose China invading Taiwan.
Nor did he EVER present opposing views on these topics.
What is Iranian media's FR nick?
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