WWII historian rips Tucker Carlson guest who trashed 'villain' Churchill: 'Complete rubbish'

Christian Post ^ | 09/13/2024

[No name given]

Normally, Tucker Carlson hits it on the mark, but this time he made a mistake interviewing Darryl Cooper.

[Fiji Hill]

Darryl Cooper — whom the former Fox News host described as maybe "the best and most honest popular historian in the United States"

The best and most honest popular historian in the United States is Victor Davis Hanson, affectionately known as VDH on this board. I had never heard of the other guy until I read the posts on FR about the interview.

[nitzy]

My favorite part of this article is the part where the author and the historian explain specifically what Cooper got wrong.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[kiryandil]

Solzhenitsyn describes the forced repatriation of the Cossacks by Winston Churchill as follows:

"He turned over to the Soviet command the Cossack corps of 90,000 men. Along with them, he also handed over many wagonloads of old people, women and children who did not want to return to their native Cossack rivers. This great hero, monuments to whom will in time cover all England, ordered that they, too, be surrendered to their deaths."

The man who led and supervised the entire operation was Major Davies.

Perfidious Albion

[kiryandil]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4264548/posts?page=6#6

[dpetty121263]

To be clear Winston Churchill had some real oddities as some of it stems back to his early Military career and how he was set upon by Military leaders and politicians of that era. But England during this period had a real love affair with Hitler as many of the Royals were followers of him.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Incidents like this show that Carlson would benefit from some guardrails around the topics he covers that would come from him being part of institutional media again. This isn’t the first time he’s shown support for someone he shouldn’t have (Andrew Tate).

[DIRTYSECRET]

Raises eyebrows. That’s all. It’s election time and Tucker doesn’t want you to forget he’s out there. There are only so many subjects to talk about. A 24 hour news cycle means journalists have to make things up.

[Buttons12]

In homeschool I was spoonfed the writings of Churchill. Then force-fed. Then waterboarded with his History of the English-Speaking Peoples. Somehow I ended up with a deep love of history and English.
He was dealt a hand, and he played it as best he could (with the glaring exception of Gallipoli). His place in history is lofty and secure. Show me another arrogant, cigar-chomping lush on his level.
I like Tucker but lately he’s fraying at the edges, just a bit.

[plain talk]

Ok. Lots of opinions out there.

What is that show on NPR that the left loves so much - “All things Considered”? It seems news shows should cover a wide array of news and views - left, right, whatever instead of the hard left propaganda. Throw it all out there and let the people decide for themselves.

[dfwgator]

You know, not many people knew about it, but the Fuhrer vas a terrific dancer.

Really, I never dreamed ...

That's because you were taken in by that verdampter Allied propaganda.

Such filthy lies they told. Lies!

But nobody said a bad vord about Winston Churchill, did they?

Oh no, Vin Vit Vinnie! (he gestures V for victory)

Churchill...

...vit his cigars and his brandy and his rotten paintings. Rotten!

Hitler. Zere was a painter. He could paint an entire apartment in one afternoon.

TWO COATS!

Churchill. Couldn't even say Nazi.

He would say Narzis, Narzis.

Ve vere not Narzies, ve vere Nazis.

Churchill!

But let me tell this...and you're getting it straight from the horse, Hitler vas better looking than Churchill, he vas a better dresser than Churchill, had more hair, told funnier jokes, and could dance the pants off Churchill!

[wildcard_redneck]

I will say this about England, Americans should be angry over the many wars that the British Empire pulled us into a cut them off. They are a parasitic ally and have done nothing for this country except lose a war to America in 1783.

[wardaddy]

Cooper is mostly erroneous but he’s being piled on

He’s like a kid who’s discovered new facts but doesn’t get the big picture

His knowledge is based on who he has read

I’m ambivalent he’s good on a lot of stuff

And he’s sure not the first proto righty to disparage Churchill

Churchill would have done anything to get us in the war

He had to

Cooper reminds me Mercurious in some ways

If I had a big podcast imagine the heat I’d take

[FreedomPoster]

Did you watch the interview?

There is no way this guy was a “Hitler apologist”.

[FreedomPoster]

Concur, especially the part about VDH.

In fact, I would love to see VDH comment on this interview, but it doesn’t seem like the sort of thing he would get involved in.

[dfwgator]

After Churchill was sacked in WWI because of Gallipoli, he volunteered to go serve on the front lines with The 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers.

https://www.scottishmilitarydisasters.com/index.php/titles-sp-26803/66-churchill-in-the-trenches

[dfwgator]

Cooper could have made his case without dragging Churchill into it.

[wildcard_redneck]

"Incidents like this show that Carlson would benefit from some guardrails around the topics he covers that would come from him being part of institutional media again. This isn’t the first time he’s shown support for someone he shouldn’t have (Andrew Tate)."

A Freeper that advocates for corporate and government control of reporting and media, how sad.

And just what government control do you want on this forum, censorious one?