Tucker Carlson: “We can't kill our way out of the war with Iran.”

“That's why we're civilized and People who believe that are by definition, uncivilized. So all of this happens. Meanwhile, the United States realizes its president, its leadership, that there's no military solution to this. We can't kill our way out of the war with Iran. We can't. Despite the awesome and much advertised power of our military, we can't actually force Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, or we would have already.” (10:47–10:51)

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