NOW BACK TO MORE TUCKER CARLSON
TONIGHT.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: MOST
AMERICANS DEEPLY SYMPATHIZE WITH
THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE.
THEY GOT INVADED.
WHO WOULDN’T SYMPATHIZE WITH
THEM.
SO, OUR CONGRESS AND OUR
EXECUTIVE BRANCH WHO HAVE BEEN
BUSY SHOVELLING ARMAMENTS TO THE
GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.
AGAIN, NO ONE IS QUESTIONING
ANYONE’S MOTIVES HERE.
BUT IF YOU’RE GOING TO
ACCELERATE A CONFLICT IN EASTERN
EUROPE, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHAT
THE CONSEQUENCES MIGHT BE.
WHAT WOULD IT MEAN IF THE UNITED
STATES WAS SUCKED INTO A WAR
WITH RUSSIA.
ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE
ASKED TO CONGRESSWOMAN RIA
SALAZAR OF FLORIDA.
SHE’S THE ONE WHO REFUSED TO
RULE OUT A NO-FLY ZONE IN
UKRAINE.
CALLED FOR IT, WATCH.
>> MY POSITION IS WE SHOULD NOT
TAKE NO-FLY ZONE OFF OF THE
TABLE.
BUT BEFORE THAT, THAT’S TWO.
WE NEED TO DO ONE.
AND ONE IS TO GIVE ZELENSKY
EXACTLY WHAT HE’S ASKING FOR.
NO TROOPS ON THE GROUND.
LET’S GIVE HIM THE MIGS AND THE
F-300s, WHAT HE NEEDS TO DEFEND
HIS OWN AIR SPACE.
SO, HE WILL CREATE HIS NO -- HIS
OWN NO-FLY ZONE.
>> SO, IF YOU’RE STARTING TO GET
THE IMPRESSION THAT THE PEOPLE
FORM LATING OUR FOREIGN POLICY
HAVE NO FREAKING CLUE WHAT
THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT, AND
HAVEN’T THOUGHT PAST, SAY,
TONIGHT IN THE IMPLICATIONS OF
WHAT THEY’RE RECOMMENDING, YOU
MAY BE ON TO SOMETHING.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DEEPLY
IGNORANT RECKLESS PEOPLE, EVEN
SOMEONE MOTIVATED BY PERFECTLY
NOBLE IMPULSES WHO ARE RUNNING
THINGS.
SO NOW MAY BE THE TIME TO PAUSE
AND ASK WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO
ENTER INTO A HOT WAR WITH
RUSSIA?
BRIAN DEAN WRIGHT IS A FORMER
CIA OPERATIONS OFFICER.
HE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THAT.
HE JOINS US TONIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON.
THIS IS ONE OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
I THINK THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT
TO DETERMINE WHAT IT THINKS OF
THIS.
AND MAKE THAT DECISION ON THE
BASIS OF ALL AVAILABLE FACTS.
SO, I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN
ASKING WHAT YOU THINK, HOW CLOSE
ARE WE TO A -- AN OPEN WAR WITH
RUSSIA?
AND WHAT WOULD IT MEAN FOR THE
UNITED STATES.
>> GREAT QUESTION.
IT GETS WORSE EVERY DAY.
THE POSSIBILITY OF A HOT WAR ARE
REAL AND GETTING MORE REAL EVERY
DAY.
WHAT I’M ASKING AMERICA TO DO
TONIGHT IS PUT ASIDE THEIR
HATRED FOR PUTIN OR ZELENSKY FOR
THAT MATTER OR UKRAINE OR
RUSSIA.
PUT THAT ASIDE FOR A MOMENT.
UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE IN
EFFECT DECLARED WAR AGAINST
RUSSIA.
WE HAVE DONE THREE THINGS.
ONE, WE HAVE CRIPPLED THEIR
ECONOMY.
TWO, WE ARE SHOVING IN ALL OF
THESE WEAPONS.
AND, THIRD, THIS HASN’T GOTTEN A
LOT OF PRESS.
WE ARE GIVING TACTICAL
INTELLIGENCE TO THE UKRAINIAN
GOVERNMENT TO PUT AN X ON THE
FOREHEAD OF A SOLDIER AND
RUSSIAN EQUIPMENT.
LET ME SAY IT DIFFERENTLY.
OUR SPIES AND SATELLITES ARE
HELPING THE UKRAINIANS KILL
RUSSIANS.
SO, WE HAVE DECLARED WAR.
SO, WE SHOULD BE ASKING,
SHOULDN’T WE, WELL WHAT’S THAT
WAR GOING TO LOOK LIKE, TO YOUR
POINT?
AND WE SHOULD START WITH THE
FIRST PLACE OF WHO’S PUTTING
TOGETHER OUR WAR RESPONSE?
WELL, WE KNOW THAT THE FOLKS OF
THE PENTAGON ARE THE ONES WHO
PRIMARILY RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
BUT ACTUALLY, WAIT A SECOND,
THEY JUST GOT US OUT OF A
20-YEAR WAR, OR ACTUALLY THEY
KEPT US IN ONE AND WE LOST IT TO
GOAT HERDERS, OKAY?
NOW WE HAVE FOLKS ON CAPITOL
HILL AND THE WHITE HOUSE WHO
WERE ALSO AROUND FOR 20 YEARS
AND THEY’RE THE ONES FORMULATING
THE POLICIES THAT ALSO LOST THAT
WAR.
SO, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NOW
FORMULATING OUR RESPONSE TO A
NUCLEAR-ARMED RUSSIA ARE THE
SAME ONES WHO COULDN’T FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BEAT GOAT HERDERS IN
AFGHANISTAN.
THAT SHOULD CAUSE EVERYONE A
VERY REAL DEGREE OF CONCERN.
AND WE SHOULD BE ASKING EACH
OTHER ABOUT IT AND WE SHOULD BE
TALKING ABOUT IT.
SO, THEN THE SECOND
QUESTION BECOMES, IF, IN FACT,
THIS GETS HOT, WHAT HAPPENS?
WE KNOW THAT IT WILL ESCALATE.
AND SO THAT MEANS SOME OF THE
FIRST STEPS WILL ASYMMETRIC,
RIGHT?
RUSSIA CAN’T SANCTION OUR
ECONOMY THE WAY WE DID HIS, SO
HE’S GOING TO DO THINGS LIKE A
CYBER ATTACK.
I WANT PEOPLE TO ASK THEMSELVES,
WHAT IF IN THEIR HOMETOWN,
RUSSIA WERE TO SHUT OFF THE
LIGHTS OR THE WATER?
YOU THINK THERE MIGHT BE RIOTS?
PROBABLY.
BROUGHT FORWARD THIS HORRIFIC
IDEA AND NOTION TONIGHT IN
BROOKLYN AND OTHER PLACES OF
BREAD LINE.
YOU UH THINK THAT COULD GET
VIOLENT?
OF COURSE IT WOULD.
HOW WILL PEOPLE’S MAYORS AND
GOVERNORS RESPOND TO RIOTS.
WE SAW IT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO?
WILL THAT GIVE YOU PAUSE?
THE BLM RIOTS?
SO, WE HAVE A WHOLE VARIETY OF
ISSUES ABOUT THE SACRIFICE THAT
WILL GO ON.
THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT
SEGMENT.
BUT IT INVOLVES YOUNG PEOPLE
DYING AND WE SHOULD ALSO BE
TALKING ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE OUR
PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON AREN’T
GOING TO BE THE ONES SACRIFICING.
SACRIFICING.
>> TUCKER CARLSON: BUT THEY ARE
THE ONES WHO FEEL VIRTUOUS BY
DOING ALL OF THIS STUFF AND DAMN
THE CONSEQUENCES.
I SEE A PATTERN OR RECURRING
THEME HERE.
I’M GRATEFUL FOR THE CLARITY YOU