Tucker Carlson: “Iran is powerful because of its geography.”

“And that's relevant. Certainly tactically it's relevant. But long term, its military, even its nuclear program is not why Iran is powerful. Iran is powerful because of its geography. And, and that's true for all countries. Geography is the single most important fact of a country. Where are you on the globe and what does that mean?” (05:55–05:58)

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