By the way, when Tucker Carlson was an interventionist cheerleader with pom poms cheering on the Iraq War, which he did for years with his bow tie. I've said for years, The Iraq War was clearly a mistake because it did not advance US national security interest. Saddam Hussein was a cruel and oppressive dictator. He was killing terrorists who hated America. Yeah, we came in, we toppled Saddam Hussein, and the terrorists who hated America took over and began killing Americans. (31:24–31:28)
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