Tucker Carlson: “This was a shock, particularly for the six Gulf states who…”

“And that was the day that the rest of the world realized that the United States was unable to restore order. And This was a shock, particularly for the six Gulf states who along with Iran and Iraq, are the energy producing states around the Persian Gulf. But those six states, the gcc, the Gulf monarchies, our closest allies in the region, our most important allies in the world, had lived for many years with the assumption that if there was ever a problem, the United States could fix it.” (13:49–14:00)

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