Tucker Carlson: “Assad must go was not an organic American desire; it…”

“They saw Iraq as a vehicle for not just taking down Saddam Hussein, who posed a threat to them as well, but also as a way, a lily pad, if you will, to get rid of Syria. And basically, so Assad must go was not an organic American desire; it reflected the priorities of Israel. wasn't like Americans woke up and were like, you know, the problem, the problem really is this ophthalmologist from Syria. He must go. It was that would.” (1:19:40–1:19:43)

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