Tucker Carlson: “Huge parts of Asia, including our critical American allies…”

“That's why it's a, that's the main reason geopolitically, it's a relevant part of the world because those seven countries, the six Gulf states in Iran, control once again probably 22% of the world's energy. And huge parts of the world, including Huge parts of Asia, including our critical American allies in Asia, which would include or really be limited to Japan, Taiwan, South Korea are wholly dependent on it because they don't have the resources domestically. So who controls that? And the aperture on the eastern end, the now famous Straits of Hormuz and also the entry to, to the Red Sea, like that's the same as controlling a lot of the world.” (01:06–01:21)

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