Tucker Carlson: America's 21st Century "America First Committee"

Tucker Carlson stuck his thumb in the mainstream media's eye, and we loved it! He is unafraid to say uncomfortable things, and he is certainly not a fan of the regulatory state or its cousin, the heavy-handed authoritarian state that we are rapidly approaching.

Except...his credulousness about Russia after experiencing a no-doubt carefully curated slice of Moscow life is simply embarrassing. 20% of Russians don't have indoor plumbing, but Carlson is gushing like a schoolgirl about the superiority of Russian grocery stores, and by extension their standard of living. He is "radicalized" now!

Tucker Carlson goes shopping at a Russian grocery store. pic.twitter.com/TJR3JnUElH

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Hey Tucker! Those groceries were 25% what they cost in America? Okay, but Russians make less than 20% of what Americans make, so if you had done your elementary homework you would have suggested something quite different...that it is MORE expensive! But good old Tucker is on a "America Is Sh*t" kick, and relishes beating us about the head with that message. America is evil for supporting Israel (however tepidly) and not demanding a cease fire? Yes, America has lost its way with respect to our foreign policy. The quagmire of Ukraine is a perfect example. And our involvement in every dirty little war on the planet is extraordinarily expensive...in both treasure and blood...and we get very little in return. Well, the elites get their graft, but that's about it.

But supporting Israel is a good thing. They are the tip of the spear against militant Islam, and they are doing the work and spilling the blood that the West is unwilling to spend. Tarring every foreign involvement with the same brush is reflexive isolationism that is not productive in any way. America cannot withdraw completely from the world, lest we cede our trade routes to the Russians and the Chinese and the Indians. Is that in our long-term best interest?

A wiser analysis of our government's follies would find that we do have legitimate global interests that must be nurtured and protected. That does not mean having boots on the ground in 150 countries, many of which are our enemies who simply love our financial largesse. It does mean evaluating everything on its merits, rather than simply declaring that "America is evil! Emerson was correct when he said that "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines."

But Tucker seems to have lost sight of our global interests, having been subsumed in his increasingly paranoid view of America as the ultimate evil. Perhaps he should cast his gaze at the perpetrators of our mistakes, rather than praising Russia for its imaginary superiority.

What's next...a visit to China where he waxes poetic about how organ transplants are readily available?

posted by CBD at 11:50 AM

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