>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING.
WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON
TONIGHT."
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY.
THIS WEEK MARKS THE SEVEN-MONTH
ANNIVERSARY OF THE BEGINNING OF
THE WAR IN UKRAINE, SOMETHING
STILL GOING ON AND ISN’T TALKED
ABOUT AS MUCH ANYMORE.
THE DAY THE WAR BEGAN,
FEBRUARY 24th, TWO THINGS WERE
OBVIOUS.
THE FIRST WAS THAT THERE WAS NO
WAY THE UKRAINIAN ARMY WOULD BE
ABLE TO WIN A DECISIVE MILITARY
VICTORY OVER RUSSIAN.
THE REASON IS SIMPLE, RUSSIA IS
FOR BIG.
UKRAINE IS TOO SIMPLE.
RUSSIA ITSELF IS THE LARGEST
COUNTRY ON PLANET EARTH WITH A
RELATIVELY HUGE ECONOMY FOR THE
REGION AND 145 MILLION PEOPLE
WHO LIVE THERE.
UKRAINE HAS A POPULATION OF
ABOUT 40 MILLION.
IT’S THE POOREST COUNTRY IN
EUROPE.
IT’S GOT AN AVERAGE ANNUAL
INCOME THAT’S MUCH LOWER THAN
ALBANIA’S.
SO JUST BY LOOKING AT THE MOST
BASIC WIKIPEDIA NUMBERS, IF
UKRAINE REMAINED A SOVEREIGN
COUNTRY, UKRAINE IT WOULD HAVE
TO REACH A NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT
WITH RUSSIA.
PITCH BATTLES WERE NOT GOING TO
DO IT.
THAT’S NOT A MORAL JUDGMENT.
YOU CAN ROOT FOR THE UKRAINIAN
MILITARY ALL YOU WANT.
IT’S STILL A FACT.
THE SECOND THING THAT WAS
IMMEDIATELY EVIDENT ABOUT THIS
WAR WAS HOW UNUSUALLY
DESTRUCTIVE IT WAS, AND WAS
GOING TO BE.
IT WASN’T JUST UKRAINE THAT WAS
GETTING PUMMELED, THOUGH IT
CERTAINLY WAS, IT WAS THE ENTIRE
WESTERN ECONOMY, INCLUDING OUR
ECONOMY.
RUSSIAN ENERGY FUELS EUROPE.
A RECESSION IN GERMANY WAS
CERTAIN TO LEAD TO A RECESSION
HERE.
IN THE MONTHS SINCE IT HAS, A
BAD ONE.
THE LONGER THIS WAR GOES ON
INEVITABLY THE POORER EVERYONE
IS GOING TO BE, WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF PROBABLY VLADIMIR
PUTIN.
WE ARE BREAKING THINGS THAT ARE
HARD TO REBUILD.
AGAIN, THIS WAS VERY OBVIOUS THE
FIRST DAY OF THE WAR.
YOU WEREN’T ALLOWED TO SAY IT AT
THE TIME.
ANYONE WHO DID WAS DENOUNCED AS
A RUSSIAN SPY.
STILL CLEARLY TRUE.
AND THE UKRAINIANS CLEARLY
UNDERSTOOD IT.
BACK IN APRIL, NEGOTIATORS FROM
THE GOVERNMENTS OF RUSSIA AND
UKRAINE MET SECRETLY AND, QUOTE,
APPEARED TO TENTATIVELY AGREE ON
A SETTLEMENT TO END THE WAR.
THE TERMS OF THE DEAL WERE
SIMPLE.
RUSSIA WOULD WITHDRAW TROOPS
FROM UKRAINE, UKRAINE WOULD
PROMISE NOT TO JOIN NATO.
EACH SIDE WOULD GET THE THING
THAT IT WANTS MOST.
SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE.
IT MIGHT HAVE WORKED.
BUT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THE
SETTLEMENT.
BIDEN’S ADVISORS DIDN’T JUST
WANT THE RUSSIANS TO LEAVE
UKRAINE.
THAT’S WHAT THEY TOLD US THEY
WANTED ON TELEVISION.
NO, BIDEN’S ADVISORS WANT A
TOGETHER REGIME CHANGE WAR
AGAINST RUSSIA, APPARENTLY TO
AVENGE THE ELECTION OF DONALD
TRUMP, WHICH THEY BELIEVED PUTIN
WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR, AND WILLING
TO FIGHT THE LAST UKRAINIAN TO
GET IT.
ON APRIL 9th THIS YEAR, THE
WHITE HOUSE DISPATCHED BORISANCE
TO KYIV.
HE COMMUNICATED TWO MESSAGES.
THE FIRST IS THAT PUTIN IS A WAR
CRIMINAL, PRESSURED, NOT
NEGOTIATED WITH.
AND THE SECOND IS THAT EVEN IF
UKRAINE IS READY TO SIGN SOME
AGREEMENTS ON GUARANTEES WITH
PUTIN, THE WEST IS NOT.
IN OTHER WORDS, WHO CARES WHAT
THE UKRAINIANS WANT.
AMERICA AND THE UK DEMAND TOTAL
WAR WITH RUSSIA, REGIME CHANGE
WAR WITH RUSSIA.
OF COURSE THE UKRAINIANS CAUGHT
IN THE MIDDLE HAD NO CHOICE BUT
TO CONCEDE.
DAYS LATER THE PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS FELL APART.
THIS WAS VIRTUALLY UNREPORTED AT
THE TIME, BUT IT WAS THE TURNING
POINT IN THE WAR IN UKRAINE.
THIS WAS THE MOMENT WHERE THE
GOAL CHANGED FROM RESTORING
UKRAINE TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE
THE INVASION -- AND THAT SEEMS
REASONABLE TO EVERYONE IN THE
WEST -- TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT,
TO A WAR DESIGNED TO TOPPLE
VLADIMIR PUTIN, JUST LIKE WE
TOPPLED SADDAM HUSSEIN, AND
HOPING FOR THE BEST AFTERWARD.
THAT’S CLEARLY INSANE AND
DANGEROUS.
THAT’S WHERE WE ARE.
FROM THAT POINT ON EVERYTHING
CHANGED.
THAT IS HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE
ARE TODAY, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST
WE HAVE EVER BEEN TO NUCLEAR
CONFLICT IN HISTORY.
THIS WEEK PRESIDENT ZELENSKY
GAVE AN INTERVIEW TO "THE
GUARDIAN," AND CASUALLY CALLED
FOR THE UNITED STATES TO NUKE
VLADIMIR PUTIN.
QUOTE, THE OTHER NUCLEAR STATES
NEED TO SAY FIRMLY THAT AS SOON
AS RUSSIA EVEN THINKS OF
CARRYING OUT NUCLEAR STRIKES ON
FOREIGN TERRITORY, IN THIS CASE
THE TERRITORY OF UKRAINE, THERE
WILL BE SWIFT RETALIATORY
NUCLEAR STRIKES TO DESTROY THE
NUCLEAR LAUNCH SITES IN RUSSIA.
WE’RE QUOTING, AS SOON AS RUSSIA
EVEN THINKS OF CARRYING OUT
NUCLEAR STRIKES, MEANING BEFORE
RUSSIA ACTUALLY LAUNCHES
MISSILES, THE U.S. NEEDS TO
LAUNCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS AGAINST
RUSSIA.
IN OTHER WORDS, WE NEED TO LAUNCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOW.
LAUNCH NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOW.
WHY NOW?
WATCH.
>> OUR COUNTRY HAS VARIOUS MEANS
OF DESTRUCTION.
FOR SEPARATE COMPONENTS, MORE
MODERN THAN OF NATO COUNTRIES,
WHEN OUR INTEGRITY IS
THREATENED, WE WILL USE THE
MEANS AT OUR DISPOSAL.
IT’S NOT A BLUFF.
>> Tucker: IT’S NOT A BLUFF SAYS
PUTIN, WHO WE ARE TOLD IS
INSANE.
WE SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE IT
SERIOUSLY.
HE IS, AFTER ALL, RUNNING A
COUNTRY WITH THE LARGEST NUCLEAR
ARSENAL ON THE PLANET.
HE’S TALKING ABOUT USING NUCLEAR
WEAPONS IF THE WEST CONTINUES TO
THREATEN RUSSIA’S TERRITORIAL
INTEGRITY.
IT’S A CONDITIONAL WARNING.
OF COURSE, THREATENING RUSSIA’S
TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY WAS NEVER
PART OF THE DEAL, RIGHT?
IT’S WHY YOU PUT A UKRAINIAN
FLAG IN FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE.
UKRAINE WAS INVADED.
THE POINT WAS TO KICK THE
RUSSIANS OUT.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS PUSHING FOR.
THEY’RE PUSHING FOR TOPPLING THE
GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA.
ONCE AGAIN HOPING THAT
EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE AFTER,
THAT SOMEONE BETTER WILL SOMEHOW
TAKE OVER.
HE’S BAD.
LET’S KILL HIM.
HEARD THAT STORY BEFORE?
SO IN RESPONSE TO WHAT PUTIN
JUST SAID, UKRAINE’S GOVERNMENT
CALLED FOR AN IMMEDIATE NUCLEAR
ATTACK ON RUSSIA, AN ATTACK THAT
WOULD, WITHOUT QUESTION, RESULT
IN THE IMMEDIATE DESTRUCTION OF
NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, D.C., LOS
ANGELES, THE DEATHS OF TENS OF
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.
THAT’S WHAT HE JUST SAID.
SANE PEOPLE DO NOT TALK THIS WAY
EVER.
IF THERE WAS A MOMENT FOR THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO SHUT
DOWN THIS WHOLE THING DOWN, AND
FORCE A NEGOTIATED PEACE, WHICH
THEY COULD DO IN AN INSTANT,
THAT MOMENT IS RIGHT NOW, BEFORE
HUGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE DIE, BUT
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS DOING.
THEY’RE MOVING IN THE OTHER
DIRECTION AT HIGH SPEED, DOING
ALL THEY CAN TO BRING THE WEST
TO THE BRINK OF DESTRUCTION.
AT THE UN YESTERDAY, JOE BIDEN
ACCUSED RUSSIA, NOT UKRAINE, OF
MAKING OVERT NUCLEAR THREATS.
WATCH.
>> THIS WAR IS ABOUT
EXTINGUISHING UKRAINE’S RIGHT TO
EXIST AS A STATE, PLAIN AND
SIMPLE.
UKRAINE’S RIGHT TO EXIST AS A
PEOPLE.
WHOEVER YOU ARE, WHEREVER YOU
LIVE, WHATEVER YOU BELIEVE, THAT
SHOULD NOT -- THAT SHOULD MAKE
YOUR BLOOD RUN COLD.
PRESIDENT PUTIN HAS MADE OVERT
NUCLEAR THREATS AGAINST EUROPE
AND A RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR THE
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE
NONPROLIFERATION REGIME.
WE WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH
UKRAINE.
WE WILL STAND IN SOLIDARITY
AGAINST RUSSIA’S AGGRESSION,
PERIOD.
>> Tucker: OKAY.
PUTIN IS BAD.
FINE.
AGREED.
BUT PUTIN IS MAKING NUCLEAR
THREATS.
WHATEVER THE REASON HE’S MAKING
THEM, THE FACT HE’S MAKING THEM,
AND THE UKRAINIANS OF COURSE ARE
ALSO MAKING EXPLICIT NUCLEAR
THREATS, IS ENOUGH FOR ANY
RESPONSIBLE PERSON TO SAY, NOW
WE STOP, ESPECIALLY IF THAT
PERSON IS THE LEADER OF THE
UNITED STATES, THE COUNTRY WHICH
IS FUNDING THIS WAR, AND THAT
COULD END THIS WAR TONIGHT BY
CALLING UKRAINE TO THE TABLE.
RUSSIAN TROOPS LEAVE.
UKRAINE PROMISES NOT TO JOIN
NATO.
EVERYTHING IS AS IT WAS IN
JANUARY OF THIS YEAR AND
EVERYTHING IS FINE.
WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NEW
YORK GETTING NUKED.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THEY WANT.
SO JOE BIDEN DIDN’T SAY A WORD
ABOUT AMERICA’S RESPONSIBILITIES
HERE.
AGAIN, WE’RE FUNDING THIS WAR.
WE COULD END IT.
THEY’RE CHOOSING NOT TO.
HE DIDN’T SAY A WORD ABOUT THAT
AT THE UNITED NATIONS, OF
COURSE, BECAUSE THEY WANT WAR.
NEITHER DID BLINKEN.
>> PRESIDENT PUTIN PICKED THIS
WEEK TO ADD TO FUEL TO THE FIRE
THAT HE STARTED SHOWS HIS UTTER
CONTEMPT FOR THE UN CHARTER, THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND FOR THIS
COUNCIL.
THE VERY INTERNATIONAL ORDER
THAT WE’VE GATHERED HERE TO
UPHOLD IS BEING SHREDDED BEFORE
OUR EYES.
WE CANNOT, WE WILL NOT, ALLOW
PRESIDENT PUTIN TO GET AWAY WITH
IT.
EVERY COUNCIL MEMBER SHOULD SEND
A CLEAR MESSAGE THAT THESE
RECKLESS NUCLEAR THREATS MUST
STOP IMMEDIATELY.
>> Tucker: OKAY.
SO TONY BLINKEN, SECRETARY OF
STATE, IS A BUT FOR AN, A FAILED
ROCK MUSICIAN, READING A PAPER
ABOUT HOW PUTIN IS BAD.
SITTING BEHIND HIM IS TORY
NULAND, ONE OF THE PEOPLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISASTER IN
IRAQ.
IN A FUNCTIONING COUNTRY,
ANYONE WHO HAD A HAND IN THE
20-YEAR TRAGEDY OF IRAQ, IN
WHICH AMERICA’S PRESTIGE WAS
GRAVELY DEGRADED, IN WHICH
AMERICANS DIED, ANYONE INVOLVED
IN THAT, INCLUDING THE LIE THAT
GOT US INTO IT, WOULD BE
DISQUALIFIED FROM PARTICIPATING
IN AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY
FOREVER.
BUT TORY NULAND JUST ASCENDED,
ASCENDED, ASCENDED UNTIL SHE
BRINGS US TO BRINK OF NUCLEAR
WAR WITH RUSSIA.
TONY BLINKEN IS TELLING THE
UNITED NATIONS AND THE REST OF
US THAT IT’S OKAY FOR UKRAINE TO
THREATEN NUCLEAR WAR ON BEHALF
OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE
REST OF THE WORLD LOOKS ON WITH
THEIR JAWS OPEN, INCLUDING CHINA
OF ALL PLACES.
HERE’S CHINA’S FOREIGN MINISTRY
SPOKESPERSON YESTERDAY.
>> WE CALL ON ALL PARTIES TO
FIND A SOLUTION THAT TAKES INTO
ACCOUNT THE LEGITIMATE SECURITY
CONCERNS OF ALL PARTIES.
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL
CREATE THE CONDITIONS AND SPACE
FOR THIS.
>> Tucker: WE CALL ON ALL
PARTIES TO ACHIEVE A CEASE-FIRE,
LIKE THE ONE THEY NEARLY HAD IN
APRIL, BEFORE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION BLEW IT UP,
BECAUSE THEY WANT REGIME CHANGE
IN RUSSIA.
THAT’S COMING FROM CHINA, WHICH
HAS A HUMAN RIGHTS RECORD THAT
MAKES RUSSIA SEEM LIKE SWEDEN.
CHINA HAS BENEFITED FROM THE WAR
AS PUTIN HAS, BUT EVEN THE
CHINESE ARE NOT CRAZY ENOUGH TO
WANT NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON.
IN THE END, ALL THEY WANT TO DO
ITS DOMINATE THROUGH BUSINESS.
THEY DON’T WANT CUSTOMERS TO
BLOW THEMSELVES UP.
THEY UNDERSTAND THEY’RE COMING
INCREDIBLY CLOSE.
ONLY TONY BLINKEN AND LUNATICS
LIKE TORY NULAND WANT THAT,
FULLY BEHIND UKRAINE’S
PRESIDENT, WHICH WANTS HIS
COUNTRY BACK, WHICH IS A FINE
AND ADMIRABLE GOAL, THAT MOST
AMERICANS SUPPORT, NO, HIS GOAL
IS TOPPLING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND
TURNING RUSSIA INTO ANOTHER
FAILED STATE.
OOH, GOOD PLAN.
HERE HE IS.
>> A CRIME HAS BEEN COMMITTED
AGAINST UKRAINE.
WE DEMAND JUST PUNISHMENT.
THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST
OUR STATE BORDERS.
THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED AGAINST
THE VALUES THAT MAKE YOU AND ME
A COMMUNITY OF THE UNITED
NATIONS.
UKRAINE DEMANDS PUNISHMENT FOR TRYING TO STEAL OUR TERRITORY.
TRYING TO STEAL OUR TERRITORY.
THIS IS THE FIRST ITEM,
COMPREHENSIVE ITEM.
PUNISHMENT.
>> Tucker: SO A CORRUPT EASTERN
EUROPEAN AUTHORITIARIAN LEADER
IN A T-SHIRT IS LECTURING US
ABOUT THE COMMUNITY OF NATIONS,
TELLING US THIS IS REALLY ABOUT
THE PUNISHMENT THAT UKRAINE
DEMANDS.
IT’S NOT ABOUT SELF-DEFENSE FOR
GETTING THEIR TERRITORY BACK.
IT’S ABOUT REGIME CHANGE.
SPECIFICALLY THEY’RE DEMANDING A
NUCLEAR STRIKE FROM US.
HOW DO WE GET INVOLVED IN THIS
ANYWAY?
BUT ALMOST NOBODY IN WASHINGTON
IS STANDING BACK TO ASK THAT
QUESTION.
THEY’RE FULL SPEED AHEAD ON
THIS.
THIS IS INSANE, BUT THEY’RE ALL
FOR IT.
ADAM KINZINGER TWEETED THIS,
QUOTE, BY THE WAY, ANY TARGET
WITHIN RUSSIA THAT CONTRIBUTES
TO THE WAR IS FAIR GAME BY LAW
OF ARMED CONFLICT.
THERE’S NO ESCALATION POSSIBLE
BY A COUNTRY FIGHTING FOR
SURVIVAL.
ANYONE CLAIMING UKRAINE IS
ESCALATING SHOULD STOP.
OKAY, ANYONE SAYING THINGS THAT
STUPID IN PUBLIC SHOULD MEAL
RESIGN FROM PUBLIC OFFICE AND BE
SILENT UNTIL WISDOM COMES.
PLEASE.
THEN OVER IN THE SENATE, LINDSEY
GRAHAM AND RICHARD BLUMENTHAL
ARE IN AGREEMENT ON JUST THAT
SAME POINT, ANNOUNCING THAT
RUSSIA IS A STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM.
OKAY.
>> RUSSIA SHOULD BE DECLARED A
STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM,
BECAUSE THE EVENTS OF THESE PAST
DAYS AND WEEKS HAVE SHOWN THE
NEED MORE POWERFULLY THAN EVER
THAT RUSSIA SHOULD BE DESIGNATED
A STATE SPONSOR OF TERRORISM.
>> I THINK BIPARTISAN IS STRONG
WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING
UKRAINE OVER RUSSIA.
I WANT TO THANK THE
ADMINISTRATION FOR DOING MORE.
WE HAVE OUR DIFFERENCES ABOUT
THE NEXT STEP, BUT SPEAKER
PELOSI IS IN OUR CAMP.
SHE’S SAID, FROM HER POINT OF
VIEW, RUSSIA HAS EARNED THE
DESIGNATION AND U.S. LAW OF
BEING A STATE SPONSOR OF
TERRORISM.
>> Tucker: THE FACT THAT LINDSEY
GRAHAM CAN GO ON TELEVISION AND
CLAIM TO BE CONSERVATIVE,
SOMEONE THAT CARES ABOUT THE
UNITED STATES, IS BEYOND.
SO THIS IS PART OF THE ENDLESS
POSTURING ABOUT HOW RUSSIA IS
BAD.
SURE, RUSSIA IS BAD.
BUT IT’S THE WORDS, AS ALWAYS,
THAT MATTER.
THEY’RE TELLING YOU THAT RUSSIA
IS NOW A STATE SPONSOR OF
TERROR.
WHY ARE THEY SAYING THAT?
YOU’RE PROBABLY NODDING, YEAH,
IT SEEMS LIKE A BAD PLACE WITH A
BAD LEADER, FINE, BUT STATE
SPONSOR OF TERROR?
IT’S IMPORTANT TO DEFINE RUSSIA
VERY SPECIFICALLY AS THAT.
WHY?
BECAUSE WHAT DO WE DO WITH
TERROR STATES?
WE TOPPLE THEIR GOVERNMENTS, GO
ON THE OFFENSIVE, TAKE THE FIGHT
TO THEM.
THAT’S THE POSITION OF
WASHINGTON ON A BIPARTISAN
LEVEL.
IT’S PARTICULARLY THE POSITION
OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE FALSESY
SPEAKING OF ELECTION-RELATED
CONSPIRACY THEORIES THAT
VLADIMIR PUTIN STOLE THE 2016
ELECTION, AND NO ONE BELIEVES
THAT LUNACY MORE FERVENTLY THAN
THE LADY WHO LOST.
HERE SHE IS.
>> THEY’RE GETTING THE WEAPONS
THEY NEED TO DEFEND THEMSELVES.
THEY’RE NOW ON OFFENSE.
I THINK WE HAVE TO KEEP
SUPPORTING THEM, HELPING THEM.
THEY WERE ATTACKED BY AN
UNPROVOKED ACT OF WAR.
THE AND THEY’VE HELD OUT AND
DONE BETTER THAN ANYBODY COULD
HAVE PREDICTED.
THE UNITED STATES SHOULD STAND
WITH THEM.
>> SO IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE
MILLIONS OF GOOD-HEARTED
REPUBLICANS WHO WHEN THIS BROKE
OUT IN FEBRUARY THOUGHT, WELL,
THIS IS AWFUL, YOU SHOULDN’T
INVADE A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY -- OF
COURSE WE AGREED WITH THAT, WE
SHOULD STAND WITH UKRAINE -- YOU
MAY FEEL FOOLED AT THIS POINT,
BECAUSE WHAT YOU’RE WATCHING IS
CLASSIC MISSION CREEP.
WE ARRIVED FOR ONE PURPOSE AND
EXTEND THE STAY FOR AN ENTIRELY
DIFFERENT PURPOSE THAT YOU
DIDN’T SIGN UP FOR AND WILL
ABSOLUTELY HURT THE UNITED
STATES LONG TERM.
SO WHEN HILLARY CLINTON SAYS
WE’RE GOING TO STAND WITH
ZELENSKY, THAT DOESN’T MEAN
EXPELLING TROOPS, THAT MEANS
TOPPLING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND
CREATING A BLACK HOLE IN THE
CENTER OF EASTERN EUROPE, THE
PLACE WHERE ASIA MEETS EUROPE,
WITH THE LARGEST NUCLEAR
ARSENAL.
HOW’S THAT GOING TO WORK OUT?
WELL, LET’S LISTEN TO THE
PENTAGON SPOKESMAN.
THEY’RE GOING ON TELEVISION TO
EXPLAIN.
>> WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WE NEED
TO REVERSE.
WE HAVEN’T GIVEN THE UKRAINIAN
SYSTEM, WHICH CAN REACH CRIMEA,
500-POUND WARHEAD, TO PUT THE
RUSSIANS AT THREAT, BUT WE
HAVEN’T DONE THAT.
WE SHOULD PUT THEM AT THREAT.
UNTIL HE BELIEVES THAT WE’RE
GOING TO SERIOUSLY GO AFTER HIM
HE’LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE
THREATS.
>> Tucker: AGAIN, ANYBODY WHO
HAD A HAND IN LET’S SAY THE LAST
FIVE WARS, THAT MADE US POORER,
HURT THE UNITED STATES LONG TERM
IN REAL WAYS, ANYONE WHO
PARTICIPATED IN ANY OF THAT
SHOULD PROBABLY BOW OUT OF THE
CONVERSATION ABOUT THE LATEST
WAR, FOR THE SAME REASON YOU
WOULDN’T TAKE FINANCIAL ADVICE
FROM SOMEONE WHO HAD GONE
BANKRUPT, OR GO TO MARRIAGE
COUNSELING WITH SOMEONE THAT’S
BEEN DIVORCED THREE TIMES,
BECAUSE THEY’VE FAILED IN THEIR
AREA OF EXPERTISE.
HE’LL CONTINUE TO MAKE THESE
THREATS, MEANING PUTIN.
THOSE APPARENTLY ARE THE ONLY
THREATS THAT WE OBJECT TO.
IF UKRAINE WANTS US TO LAUNCH A
PREEMPTIVE NUCLEAR STRIKE ON
THEIR BEHALF THAT’S TOTALLY
FINE.
THIS IS COMPLETE CRAZINESS.
THIS IS A, QUOTE, STRATEGY THAT
COULD EASILY BRING THE TOTAL