Tucker Carlson: “Because Israel wanted to do it. They chose the timing here.”

“No one's even arguing that because it's stupid and the facts don't support it. So why did we do this when we did it? Because Israel wanted to do it. They chose the timing here. No one disputes that. And timing in war, as in life, is a lot of it, and it determines outcome. And they hadn't thought through what was going to happen next.” (25:53–25:57)

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