Expanding on that comparison, Carlson suggested that nuclear capability may have had a pacifying effect in East Asia. “Could the Iranians obtaining The Bomb wind up being a good thing? Whether anyone in the foreign policy establishment admits it, North Korea’s nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006,” he argued.
Carlson went on to question whether a similar outcome could occur in the Middle East, asking, “Would Iran becoming a nuclear power have the same effect on its region? Could it finally prompt America to leave the area alone, and incentivize Israel to drop its stated goal of controlling the Gaza Strip and the West Bank?”
The commentary pushes back against warnings from U.S. and Israeli officials — including Senator Lindsey Graham and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu — who have repeatedly said that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose an existential danger, potentially threatening Israel or even the United States.
According to Carlson, regimes labeled part of an “Axis of Evil” have refrained from using nuclear weapons precisely because doing so would amount to “an act of suicide.” He suggested that dire predictions are overstated and are often used to build public support for a military strike against Iran.
The newsletter sparked an immediate and heated reaction on social media. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) responded on X by writing, “Unbelievable. Now @TuckerCarlson is arguing it would be ‘a GOOD thing’ if the Ayatollah had a nuclear weapon. READ it yourself. Apparently ‘Death to America’ is an ambiguous sentiment to Mr. Qatarlson. #TuckerIsAmericaLast.”
Others joined the criticism, including commentator Eyal Yakoby, who wrote, “Tucker Carlson now argues in his newsletter that Iran getting nukes would be good and that North Korea having them is good too. The mental gymnastics required to apologize for some of the world’s most brutal regimes isn’t contrarianism. It’s indefensible.”
Additional reactions focused on Iran’s internal repression. One user wrote, “Tucker’s newsletter today argues that it would actually be a good thing if The Islamic Republic, the same ones who just massacred thousands of their own citizens for simply protesting, obtained a nuke.” Another likened the argument to handing matches to arsonists, warning of catastrophic consequences.
Conservative media figure Tucker Carlson
This is a neutral comment but Tucker Carlson can no longer be considered a conservative media figure. He is a white nationalist, anti government conspiracy theorist. There is absolutely nothing that he has promoted over the past year that can be thought of as “conservative”
And to think that JD may choose his him as his Veep: get ready America! Funny things are happening! The asylum has opened its doors.
It’s more likely that you will serve in both positions simultaneously, then either of them will be on the ticket in 2028.
And yet Matzav breathlessly reports everything this lunatic burps forth.
North Korea’s nuclearization has undeniably stabilized the Korean Peninsula. The region has seen no wars, coups, or interventionist-forced regime changes since 2006
I’ll deny it. There hasn’t been a major full-scale war in that region since the Korean War armistice in 1953. No diplomatic peace was produced as the result of NK having them. They have also caused the increase of military posturing and defense buildup in the region.
Carlson knows that of course. He assumes his audience is ignorant enough not to. His modus operandi lately is to say things that anyone with any knowledge of why things are the way they are would immediately recognize as not true. Like most demagogues he relies on his audiences ignorance. We have such people in the frum world too…