Tucker Carlson: “Those seven countries, the six Gulf states in Iran, control…”

“You know, control, I mean, control of the Persian Gulf is what, 20% of the world's energy. That's what's at stake. 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.” (00:56–01:05)

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