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http://thinkprogress.org/security/2012/02/22/430302/tucker-carlson-iran-annihilated/As the drumbeat to war with Iran, as Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) warns of, grows louder, a number of journalists have begun to compare the hawkish rhetoric from pundits with the calls for military action against Iraq in 2002. Scott Shane, writing on the frontpage of todays New York Times, observed, Echoes of the period leading up to the Iraq war in 2003 are unmistakable, igniting a familiar debate over whether journalists are overstating Irans progress toward a bomb. Indeed, the ombudsman of The Washington Post and the public editor of The New York Times criticized their own journalists for overstating the evidence of Irans alleged nuclear weapons program.
Over the past week, journalists have raised the alarm about the increasing carelessness of the mainstream media in hyping the calls for war with Iran. But Fox News commentator and The Daily Caller editor-in-chief Tucker Carlson openly called for war against Iran and argued for the full-scale annihilation of the Islamic Republic during an appearance on Fox Newss late-night show Red Eye. Carlson responded to a question about U.S. military action:
CARLSON: I think we are the only country with the moral authority [...] sufficient to do that. [The U.S. is] the only country that doesnt seek hegemony in the world. I do think, Im sure Im the lone voice in saying this, that Iran deserves to be annihilated. I think theyre lunatics. I think theyre evil.
Carlson, having called for the annihilation of Iran a country with a population of over 74 million people went on to acknowledge that we should assess what will happen to the price of energy were we to do that. Watch the clip:
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)I guess it doesn't count when we do it.
ananda
(28,759 posts)... whipped with a wet noodle until that smirk disappears.
stlsaxman
(9,236 posts)uh, Tucker- maybe we don't "seek" it- because WE ARE AN HEGEMONY???
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Tierra_y_Libertad
(50,414 posts)JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)Only the US has the Moral Authority to wipe out another country preemptively.....??
Wow are they stupid.
get the red out
(13,456 posts)The GOP talking heads make me think back to playing the "Risk" boardgame when I was in Junior High School. But they see human lives as no more important than pieces of plastic laid out on a map.
exboyfil
(17,853 posts)"the only country that doesnt seek hegemony in the world"??????????????
The U.S. is only one of a select few that could be characterized in this way (perhaps China??, the Soviet Union is gone so they don't count, U.K. maybe in the 19th century, France not really since Dien Bien Phu and probably earlier (think Napoleon), Germany not since WWII, Japan also not since WWII).
Is it conceivable that we could go to war with Iran under a democratic president. That has the potential of destroying the democratic party.
peace frog
(5,609 posts)Nobody cares what you think, say or do. YOU'RE A CIPHER.
trumad
(41,692 posts)Iggo
(47,470 posts)Last edited Thu Feb 23, 2012, 11:10 AM - Edit history (1)
Fuzz
(8,827 posts)trial.
Loudmxr
(1,405 posts)And take your friends Hannity and Rush with you.
You got money and so do they.
Really there are lots of weapons on the open market. Your fans in the Red states will sign up ...I think.
You guys can defeat the entire Persian empire all by yourself and then get the oil.
Just don't involve the USA.
This is an investment opportunity that would be insane to pass up.
Good luck!!
gordianot
(15,223 posts)Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)As for evil, FoxNooze would lead that list by miles. They may not have nukes, but they spread some dangerous shite.
CanonRay
(14,013 posts)Put on that uniform and head on over there.
Javaman
(62,397 posts)this is what we have become.
The Wizard
(12,467 posts)Republicans have to say unless it's under oath, and no one believes them even when they are under oath.
That Tucker Carlson has a job, any job, is a black mark against humanity.
It's time for Tucker to lay off the moonshine.
Hugabear
(10,340 posts)Another grandiose statement made by a professional chickenhawk.
MattBaggins
(7,893 posts)Did he really say that with a straight face?
lpbk2713
(42,674 posts)I guess he might be thinking it makes him appear more grown up?
[font color="red" size="6"] WRONG! [/font]
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,474 posts)Proud Liberal Dem
(24,338 posts)There are reasons to be at least a little concerned about Iran but they've done nothing that makes them deserving of annihilation.
bhikkhu
(10,707 posts)...on equally shaky grounds?
- to get right to the closest similar example.