Fox News host Tucker Carlson slammed President Trump’s decision to kill top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia leader Mahdi al Muhandis, saying that “Washington has wanted war with Iran for decades.”
Carlson criticized Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claim that the strikes were called for because of “threats in the region.”
“Threats in the region? If you don’t live in Washington, here’s the translation: That would be in hostile Middle Eastern countries,” Carlson said. “Places where American troops would never be in the first place, were it not for the insistent demands of nongeniuses like Max Boot and John Bolton.”
“But never mind, no one in Washington is in the mood for big-picture questions right now. Questions, the obvious ones, like: ‘Is Iran really the greatest threat we face,’ and ‘Who is actually benefiting from this?'”
Thousands of Iraqis marched through the streets of Baghdad shouting “Death to America” during the Saturday funeral processions of Soleimani and al Muhandis.
Carlson, 50, then ripped Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, calling him a “chest-beater” and a “very tough character” who was making the “usual warlike noises” since the airstrikes.
In his first remarks after Thursday’s strikes, Trump said he “took action last night to stop a war.”
Carlson claimed that “Washington has wanted war with Iran for decades” and referenced an August Gallup poll that showed only 18% of Americans “backed military force to shut down Iran’s nuclear program.”
