{"id":4030,"date":"2023-06-28T12:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2023-06-28T12:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T17:24:57","slug":"tucker-carlson-dares-to-ask-why-exactly-are-we-at-war-with-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4030","title":{"rendered":"Tucker Carlson Dares To Ask \u201cWhy Exactly Are We At War With Russia?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4031\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123.png 800w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123-770x433.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/image-123-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWhy exactly are we at war with Russia?\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-06-27_20-19-25.jpg?itok=0-cBDAk1\"><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those are the verboten words that Tucker Carlson to utter at the start of Episode 7 Of his Tucker on Twitter series where he highlights the irony that the so-called \u2018war for democracy\u2019 is actually enabling dictatorship and tyranny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With nuclear extinction a possibility and 1000s of lives and billions of dollars already wasted, \u201cwhat\u2019s the point\u201d he asks,&nbsp;<em><strong>\u201care we really doing this so that the Biden family can repay its debts to the oligarchs that financed their beachhouse.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThankfully\u201d the former Fox News star explains, \u201cwe have an answer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>\u201cThe war against Putin and for Ukraine is in fact a war for democracy.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Sounds familiar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>\u201cDemocracy must prevail\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em>exclaims Nancy Pelosi as Carlson offers bipartisan examples of warmongers pushing for \u2018democracy\u2019 and all the military-industrial complex enrichment that comes with it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson further mocks the rhetoric surrounding the war as a fight for democracy, highlighting the<strong>&nbsp;irony of supporting Ukrainian President Zelensky, who suspended democracy in his own country.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>\u201c<\/strong>we are currently fighting a war for democracy on behalf of a leader who just casually announced he\u2019s happy to end democracy and our democracy and supporting leaders have no problem with that<strong>\u201c<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2023-06-27_20-20-21.jpg?itok=VrHcZM_U\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, the Biden administration continual support for Ukraine despite Zelensky\u2019s disregard for democracy, implies that their&nbsp;<strong>motives are questionable.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argues that during wartime, politicians become powerful and can justify any action, including silencing political opponents, leading to a potential erosion of democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Carlson suggests that<strong>&nbsp;those in Washington, including Republicans, support Biden\u2019s stance on Ukraine because ending the war would threaten their power.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concludes by speculating on the future of Joe Biden, pointing out his age-related decline and potential implications for the Democratic Party, suggesting that Gavin Newsom may be a potential successor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the full episode below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ep. 7  Irony Alert: the war for democracy enables dictatorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tk7aOZ4H6n\">pic.twitter.com\/tk7aOZ4H6n<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1673856877841764352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Full transcript below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hey it\u2019s Tucker Carlson, you may have found yourself wondering recently&nbsp;<strong>as the world slides closer to nuclear Annihilation than any time in human history why exactly are we at war with Russia.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems like there\u2019s a pretty significant downside to this particular foreign policy decision, starting with economic collapse and ending potentially with Extinction so is there a good reason we\u2019re doing it so many innocent young people have been killed so many hundreds of billions of dollars have been wasted some of them from the U.S treasury so what\u2019s the point&nbsp;<strong>are we really doing this so the Biden family can repay its debts to the oligarchs&nbsp;<\/strong>who finance their beach house in Rehoboth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re doing it so our government can continue to lie about its illicit bio labs in Eastern Europe so that&nbsp;<strong>flabby losers like Toria Newland and Tony Blinken can feel like they\u2019re doing something important with their sad empty lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Really honestly there\u2019s got to be a better reason for waging this the most pointless war of all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well thankfully we have an answer:<em><strong>&nbsp;the war against Russia ladies and gentlemen the war against Putin and for Ukraine is in fact a war for democracy.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch and recall the motive the president has said many times \u201cwe\u2019re focused on what we can do to support Ukraine\u2019s effort to fight for their democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cDemocracy must prevail<\/strong>. The&nbsp;<strong>Ukrainian people are fighting the fight for their democracy and in doing so for ours<\/strong>&nbsp;as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAssisting and helping Ukraine win this fight for democracy and freedom and of course Ukrainian president zielinski understand that&nbsp;<strong>what\u2019s at stake in Ukraine is bigger than just his Nation it is literally a battle for freedom and democracy themselves.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are showing the world what an existential fight for democracy looks like.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Zelenky and the Ukrainians have changed the course of history for the better and we&nbsp;<strong>unequivocally are with the Ukrainian people in their fight to remain a sovereign democracy.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unequivocally with the Ukrainian people to remain in democracy it\u2019s a bipartisan view democracy must Prevail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You just heard noted democracy expert Nancy Pelosi say the daughter of the mobbed up mayor of Baltimore as Pelosi puts it&nbsp;<strong>the Ukrainian people are fighting the fight for their democracy and for ours as well that\u2019s right for ours as well without Ukrainian democracy in other words we can have no democracy here if the ukrainians aren\u2019t free.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Neither are we we must make sure they can vote in Kiev so we can continue to vote in Kansas City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s really that simple and yet tonight we regret to tell you that&nbsp;<strong>we have a problem it looks like they\u2019re not going to be able to vote in Kiev anymore<\/strong>&nbsp;and no for once it\u2019s not Putin\u2019s fault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Democracy in Ukraine seems to be suspended by the world\u2019s foremost democracy Advocate himself Field Marshal zielinski.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>\u201c<strong>If we win\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;he says<strong>&nbsp;\u201cwe\u2019ll let people vote otherwise no you vote\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;and we feel like it because ultimately we\u2019re completely in charge and make all the rules.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em><strong>Your job is to obey or be punished.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>That\u2019s our version of self-government.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Self means me \u2013&nbsp;<strong>I\u2019m the government now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That\u2019s not just any autocrat that\u2019s our chief Ally in the war for democracy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the guy who just announced he\u2019s like did you cancel next year\u2019s elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So you\u2019ve got to wonder what the Biden Administration thinks of this<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 we can\u2019t possibly continue to support zielinski, that guy, after he said that can we because&nbsp;<strong>in a clip less than 30 seconds long he just blew up our entire rationale for supporting his side in the war<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So we can\u2019t support him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Oh of course we can and we will.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s Joe Biden from yesterday reaffirming America\u2019s unequivocal support for Ukraine no matter what happened in Russia<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cwe the United States should continue to support Ukraine\u2019s defense and its sovereignty and its territorial integrity\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So to recap&nbsp;<strong>we are currently fighting a war for democracy on behalf of a leader who just casually announced he\u2019s happy to end democracy and our democracy and supporting leaders have no problem with that<\/strong>&nbsp;in fact they\u2019re strongly for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shocked?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You shouldn\u2019t be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course they\u2019re for it. You should have seen this coming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wars for democracy always cancel democracy in the process&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013 that\u2019s why our leaders love them and they all do it \u2013 even The Virtuous leaders Abraham Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, the British government under Winston Churchill through an entire opposition party into prison and let them rot for the duration \u2013 in some cases with their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>So in a war for democracy you can do anything.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Imagine what a man might do who has fewer principles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that man say ran Ukraine he might&nbsp;<strong>seize churches arrest priests ban all criticism of himself disappear his political opponents and that\u2019s happening<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just last month&nbsp;<strong>zelinski threw a man called Gonzalo Lira into prison indefinitely<\/strong>&nbsp;for the crime of daring to write about the Ukrainian government in unflattering ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now what\u2019s interesting what separates this from other such cases is that&nbsp;<strong>lira is an American citizen,<\/strong>&nbsp;so Joe Biden who was quite a bit of SWAT as they say in Ukraine could have freed Gonzalo Lira within hours, but he didn\u2019t. He didn\u2019t want to \u2013 he didn\u2019t say a word about it \u2013 he remains in prison tonight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So that makes you wonder what\u2019s the real motive here when&nbsp;<strong>normal people see War they see death and destruction, sadness and suffering; but that\u2019s not what demagogues see<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 they understand it differently they know that&nbsp;<strong>War means power mostly for them<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During wartime everything they do can be justified \u2013 war is the gravest of all emergencies \u2013 imagine the coveted lockdowns times a thousand plus drones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Once War breaks out politicians become Gods with the power of life and death<\/strong>. So in a peaceful democracy you have to debate your political opponents in public and that\u2019s tiresome but&nbsp;<strong>in a war for democracy you can just throw them in jail or have them executed.&nbsp;<\/strong>You can see that many in Washington are looking forward to that moment and that may be why they so fervently support Joe Biden \u2013 even many Republicans \u2013 against a potential opponent \u2013 the only opponent who opposes the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you were to end the war their power would evaporate<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last week a whistleblower produced WhatsApp messages from Hunter Biden&nbsp;<strong>proving that at the very least his father knew about his influence peddling businesses abroad and probably participated in them<\/strong>&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m sitting here with my father\u201d Hunter Biden wrote to his Chinese Partners demanding money as much as anything reported about the bidens over the last several years&nbsp;<strong>this was The Smoking Gun<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There it is right there in the message that would have been enough to a normal president it would have been more than enough to&nbsp;<strong>keep a normal president from running for office again but had virtually no effect on Joe Biden<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Most media Outlets ignored it completely<\/strong>&nbsp;or tried to spin Biden\u2019s relationship with his son as some kind of moral Victory \u201cthe real meaning of the hunter Biden Saga as I see it\u201d wrote Nick Kristoff of the New York Times \u201cisn\u2019t about presidential corruption but is about how widespread addiction is and about how a determined parent with unconditional love can sometimes reel a child back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>He actually wrote that<\/strong>&nbsp;and if you doubt it you should know that view was common.Here\u2019s the take from ABC \u201cthe hunter Biden story, the Scandal, the this, that,<strong>&nbsp;it\u2019s also the story of a Father\u2019s Love and Joe Biden has never and will never give up on his son<\/strong>&nbsp;Hunter and will never treat him lesser than and so&nbsp;<strong>he is a father first take it or leave it.<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So whistleblower produces a text message showing that Joe Biden was in the room with his son when his son was selling influence to an enemy power the Chinese government and ABC\u2019s take on it Joe Biden is a father first take it or leave it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What accounts for a response like that?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well<strong>&nbsp;that\u2019s the way you talk when you\u2019ve got nothing to fear from an upcoming presidential election<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 you don\u2019t even bother to think of an excuse for your candidate because you don\u2019t need to.&nbsp;<strong>Your country has electronic voting machines \u2013 Joe Biden got 81 million votes in 2020 and you\u2019re pretty sure he can do it again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact you know he can you\u2019re not worried but&nbsp;<strong>actually they should be a little worried<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The people who control Joe Biden \u2013 Susan Rice and the rest \u2013 know&nbsp;<strong>they can continue to run our government, writing the press releases, formulating the policies, and they can do it effectively forever, as long as Joe Biden gets dressed in the morning<\/strong>, and of course that\u2019s their strong preference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are<strong>&nbsp;fervent opponents of change<\/strong>&nbsp;but the one thing these people cannot control is aging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Biden is old he\u2019s 80 now he will be 85 at the end of the next term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>People imagine that old age is a long predictable progression from Acuity to permanent unconsciousness but often that\u2019s not at all how it actually works<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When old people start to slide they tend to Slide fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Joe Biden has begun that descent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here he was yesterday and here\u2019s what she wrote to me and I quote you can imagine my joy she called them right away and the next day they sent someone out to survey her yard as Beth wrote this is the best thing that\u2019s happened in Rural America since the rural electrification act for electricity to farms in the 30s and 40s&nbsp;<strong>end of quote.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>End of quote you weren\u2019t supposed to hear that \u2013&nbsp;<strong>Joe Biden read the stage directions out loud&nbsp;<\/strong>\u2013&nbsp; that\u2019s like eating the garnish that comes with your entree you\u2019re supposed to know not to do that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Biden no longer does&nbsp;<strong>in a year or two he will be gone completely<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>and there will be no hiding it&nbsp;<\/strong>at that point the Democratic party will face a secession problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If Joe Biden is re-elected next year and then forced to leave office during his term due to disability or death that&nbsp;<strong>means Kamala Harris will become president of the United States and nobody wants that not even her husband.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In real life nobody likes Kamala Harris.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not an attack on her in fact it\u2019s possible to feel pity for someone who\u2019s so universally reviled. It is instead an observation of unchanging physical reality like gravity or photosynthesis nobody wants Kamala Harris to be president no one will benefit if she becomes president&nbsp;<strong>so logic suggests there\u2019s going to be a change.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s going to have to be somebody else and&nbsp;<strong>whoever that person is is going to have to enter the race soon<\/strong>&nbsp;before the election after Biden drops out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who could that person be? We don\u2019t know obviously this is all just guessing but we do know whoever that is we\u2019ll have to have two essential criteria&nbsp;<strong>he\u2019ll have to be as shallow ruthless and transactional as Joe Biden is and he\u2019ll need to have flattery skills that are so polished and advanced they\u2019d be considered Superior<\/strong>&nbsp;even in the Saudi Royal Court and<strong>there\u2019s only one man in modern America who fits that description Gavin Newsom the governor of California<\/strong>&nbsp;and perhaps not coincidentally Joe Biden\u2019s new closest friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI am here Mr President\u201d Newsom told Biden at an event that they did together last week. \u201cI am here as a proud American as a proud Californian mesmerized by not just your faith and your Devotion to this country and the world we\u2019re trying to build but by your results by your action by your passion by Your Capacity to deliver.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I get mesmerized by you Joe Biden \u2013 imagine saying that as a compliment you couldn\u2019t do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Few human beings could do it but Gavin Newsom had no problem at all those words rolled right off his Fork tongue.<\/strong>He never stopped smiling so if you\u2019re looking for the leader of the coup there he is right there she\u2019s in Kennedy\u2019s motorcade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/06\/28\/tucker-carlson-dares-to-ask-why-exactly-are-we-at-war-with-russia\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2023\/06\/28\/tucker-carlson-dares-to-ask-why-exactly-are-we-at-war-with-russia\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy exactly are we at war with Russia?\u201d Those are the verboten words that Tucker Carlson to utter at the start of Episode 7 Of his Tucker on Twitter series where he highlights the irony that the so-called \u2018war for democracy\u2019 is actually enabling dictatorship and tyranny. With nuclear extinction a possibility and 1000s of lives and billions of dollars already wasted, \u201cwhat\u2019s the point\u201d he asks,&nbsp;\u201care we really doing this so that the Biden family can repay its debts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ukraine-russia-war"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4032,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4030\/revisions\/4032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}