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Tucker Carlson: “Why do we need to control Yemen too?”

Featuring: Tucker Carlson, Conservative, Right-wing | Political Commentator, Former Fox News Host | National

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Auron MacIntyre: The American Empire Is Racing Towards Collapse. Here's How to Prevent It.

Published | Video Starts at 1:23:17

Why isn't it enough to say we're this awesome empire, we're creating great, we're awesome and we don't need to manage every little thing, but we're, you know, we're in control of our hemisphere and like Japan and South Korea and that's just great. Why do we need to control Yemen too? It's the natural hubris, I think, of, of any elites. Again, I think there are large incentives of scale when it comes to the managerial elite. (1:23:17–1:23:20)

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Questions the necessity of U.S. involvement in Yemen, implying it is unnecessary.

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