A CURIOUS AGREEMENT HERE BETWEEN THE YOUNG TURKS AND AT
LEAST ONE FOX NEWS ANCHOR.
NOW, IT'S ON THE ISSUE OF SYRIA.
AND
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN, BUT CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE,
OR DEPENDING ON YOUR INTERPRETATION DISCREDIT TO ME
-- WE WILL FIND OUT.
FIRST OF ALL, THE ISSUE AT HAND IS ABOUT
THE CHEMICAL ATTACK THAT HAPPENED IN SYRIA.
NOW, THE
CONTEXT I GAVE YOU YESTERDAY ON THE PROGRAM THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT IS DONALD TRUMP LAST WEEK SAID HE MIGHT NOT ONLY
WITHDRAW ALL OF OUR TROOPS FROM SYRIA, BUT MIGHT ALSO END $200
MILLION THAT WAS GOING TO SOME OF THE FORCES ON THE GROUND,
REBEL FORCES, ETC., SO RIGHT AFTER TRUMP ANNOUNCES THAT OVER
THE WEEKEND THERE IS A CHEMICAL ATTACK, AND THEN EVERYONE GOES
ON TV AND SAYS MISS HER PRESIDENT, IF YOU WERE REALLY
STRONG YOU WOULD DO WHAT OBAMA DIDN'T DO WHICH IS ESCALATE THE
WAR.
I WAS A LITTLE SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT, BUT LET ME GIVE YOU
TRUMP'S COMMENTS YESTERDAY.
WE CANNOT ALLOW ATROCITIES LIKE THAT.
HE MAY, AND IF HE DOESN'T WANT TO BE VERY TOUGH.
EVERYBODY IS GOING TO PAY A PRICE, HE WILL, EVERYBODY WILL.
NOTHING IS OFF THE TABLE.
IS THERE SOME DOUBT AS TO WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?
THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT, BUT TO ME THERE'S NOT MUCH OF A
DOUBT.
HEY, BY THE WAY JOHN BOLTON IS ON THE JOB IN THE BACKGROUND,
GOD HELP US ALL.
GEE, I WONDER WHICH WAY HE'S COUNSELING, MORE
WAR OR PERHAPS PEACE?
NO, NOT ONLY ARE THE NEOCONS LIKE JOHN
BOLTON PUSHING HIM INTO WAR, IN MY ESTIMATION SO IS THE REST OF
THE PRESS.
HERE IS ME LAST NIGHT.
BRIAN WILLIAMS CALLED BOMBS BEAUTIFUL.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA
POSES AS IF THEY ARE NEUTRAL, OBJECTIVE.
WELL, IF YOU DON'T DO
MORE WAR YOU ARE WEAK.
AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE IS ALMOST ALWAYS WAR
IS GREAT.
BY THE WAY, THAT'S ON MSNBC, THE SUPPOSEDLY LIBERAL
STATION, WHICH IS HILARIOUS.
AND ALL OVER CNN AND ALL OVER THE
MAINSTREAM MEDIA THERE ARE PUNDITS AS WE SPEAK, WAR, WAR,
WAR, WE MUST HAVE MORE WAR, DONALD TRUMP, YOU MUST ACT IF
YOU'RE GOING TO BE STRONG.
SO NEOCONS, WARMONGERS, DEFENSE
CONTRACTORS, AND YES, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, IN A MOMENT OF EITHER POSITIVE UNITY IN THE COUNTRY OR
DEEPLY DISCONCERTING, TUCKER CARLSON AGREES.
LEADERS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE IN CONGRESS, IN THE MEDIA,
IN OUR INTELLIGENCE SERVICES, AND VIRTUALLY EVERY OVERFUNDED
THINK TANK IN WASHINGTON HAS SUDDENLY ALIGNED TONIGHT ON A
SINGLE POINT OF AGREEMENT -- AMERICA MUST GO TO WAR IN SYRIA
IMMEDIATELY.
ASSAD CANNOT CONTINUE TO LEAVE THAT COUNTRY,
HE MUST BE OVERTHROWN.
THE PUSH TO WAR IN SYRIA, BY THE WAY, HAS
UNITED POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES.
LINDSAY GRAHAM AND HOWARD
DEAN TYPICALLY AGREE ON VERY LITTLE, NOT MUCH AT ALL, BUT
TODAY THEY ARE BOTH CALLING FOR WAR IN SYRIA.
TV PUNDITS OF
COURSE STRONGLY AGREE, THIS MORNING THE FOREIGN POLICY TEAM
ON MSNBC EXPLAINED THAT IT IS FAR MORE IMPORTANT FOR AMERICAN
TROOPS TO FIGHT IN SYRIA THAN IT IS TO SECURE OUR OWN BORDER HERE
IN AMERICA.
ACTUALLY, BOTH SIDES IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR POSSESS
CHEMICAL WEAPONS.
HOW WOULD IT BENEFIT ASSAD USING CHLORINE GAS
LAST WEEKEND?
IT WOULDN'T.
HIS FORCES HAVE BEEN WINNING THE WAR
IN SYRIA, THE ADMINISTRATION JUST ANNOUNCED ITS PLANS TO PULL
AMERICAN TROOPS OUT OF SYRIA, HAVING VANQUISHED ISIS.
THAT IS
GOOD NEWS FOR ASSAD AND ABOUT THE ONLY THING HE COULD DO TO
REVERSE IT AND HURT HIMSELF IS TO USE POISON GAS AGAINST
CHILDREN.
HE DID IT ANYWAY, THEY TELL US, HE'S THAT EVIL.
PLEASE.
IT PAINS ME TO SAY THIS BUT I THINK TUCKER CARLSON IS EXACTLY
RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
AND BY THE WAY, WE WERE ON AIR ALMOST AT
THE SAME TIME MAKING THOSE COMMENTS, AND NORMALLY I HAVE
MASSIVE DISAGREEMENTS WITH TUCKER CARLSON AND I HAVE SAID
SO ON AIR MANY TIME, BUT YOU HAVE TO BE FAIR AND HONEST AND
YOU HAVE TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE, AND EVERYBODY HAS
GOT DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW ON THIS AND IT'S A VERY DIVISIVE
ISSUE, BUT I'M GIVING CREDIT TO TUCKER CARLSON, I THINK THAT HE
ACTED IN PRINCIPLE AND SAYING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT WHAT THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS CURRENTLY SINGLING, THAT'S WHY
WE SHOWED YOU THE TRUMP CLIP.
TRUMP SEEMS TO BE HEADING IN THE
DIRECTION OF FURTHER ENGAGEMENT, AND TUCKER CARLSON IS WARNING
AGAINST IT.
AND IN FACT TUCKER CARLSON WAS JUST ABOUT THE ONLY
PERSON ON TELEVISION WHO HELD JOHN BOLTON ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE
HE WENT INTO THE ADMINISTRATION AND ASKED HIM WASN'T HE WRONG
ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR, AND IT WAS AN AWKWARD MOMENT ON AIR BUT
THAT'S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IF YOU ARE HOLDING PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE
AS, THERE I SAY IT, A JOURNALIST.
SO THE OTHER TIMES
THAT WE DISAGREE, WHICH WILL BE PLENTIFUL, I WILL STILL HOLD HIS
FEET TO THE FIRE, BUT IN THIS CASE I'M COMPLEMENTING HIM ON
WHAT I THINK IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT POSITION, AS YOU SAW MY
CLIP ON THE SAME DAY, BUT ALSO HAVING THE COURAGE TO SPEAK OUT
ON WHAT IS HAPPENING BOTH ON TV AND INSIDE
THE ADMINISTRATION.