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August 1, 2025 12:04 AM

AGING FRATBOY TUCKER CARLSON TEAMS UP WITH ISRAEL CRITIC IN BOMBSHELL BROADCAST

Once the face of cable news bravado, aging frat-boy Tucker Carlson continues to rebrand himself as a champion of controversial anti-Israel contrarianism.

In his latest foray, Carlson gives airtime to political scientist John Mearsheimer, who asserts bluntly: “What’s happening in Gaza is genocide. The United States should have nothing to do with it.” As Carlson sharpens his anti-Israel messaging, his platform becomes a stage for voices challenging U.S. foreign policy—and igniting intense debate in the process.

See For Yourself 

The “John Mearsheimer: The Palestinian Genocide and How the West Has Been Deceived Into Supporting It” YouTube Video can be found here.

The tone of the interview is highly critical of Israel, especially concerning U.S. foreign policy toward Israel and the consequences of that alliance. Their discussion is infused with a manufactured sense of urgency and moral gravity, particularly when falsely describing the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Tucker Carlson cosplays the role of a probing interviewer who is skeptical of U.S. subordination to foreign interests, particularly Israel’s. His questions consistently express concern that American interests are being ignored or overridden, and he invites Mearsheimer to detail and defend that argument. Carlson’s tone is often understated, and he aligns with the broader critique without directly making all the claims himself.

John Mearsheimer, a political scientist, takes a firm, unapologetically critical stance on U.S.-Israel relations. He argues that American foreign policy is routinely skewed in favor of Israeli interests due to pressure from the Israel Lobby, even when those interests conflict with America’s. Mearsheimer asserts that this has strategic and moral costs, including complicity in what he characterizes as ethnic cleansing and genocide in Gaza. His tone is academic but emotionally charged, particularly when discussing historical context and present-day consequences.

Together, their exchange portrays Israel as a malign, influential force in shaping U.S. policy, often to the detriment of American strategic interests and regional peace, while asserting that Israeli actions in Gaza reflect long-standing territorial ambitions rather than self-defense.

The Definition of Genocide

JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Well, if you look at what the definition of a genocide is, it’s where one country tries to destroy either all or a substantial portion of another group, another ethnic or religious or national group, for the purposes of basically destroying that group identity. That’s what you’re talking about here. I think that that’s the definition of genocide. It’s laid out in the 1948 convention. I think that what the Israelis are doing fits that description. And lots of people and organizations agree with me on that point. It’s very important to understand here that just killing large numbers of Palestinians is not necessarily genocide. I mean, the United States, when it firebombed Japan in World War II, killed many more Japanese than the Israelis have killed Palestinians in Gaza. There’s no question about that. But no one would ever accuse the United States of executing a genocide against Japan. The United States was killing large numbers of Japanese civilians, and by the way, we killed large numbers of German civilians as well. [OCS: The Israelis are carefully targeting Hamas terrorists who happen to be Palestinians and who hide among the civilian population, whom they use as human shields.] TUCKER CARLSON: Millions, yeah. JOHN MEARSHEIMER: For purposes of ending the war. We wanted to end the war. And if you look at how we treated the Japanese and how we treated the Germans, once the war ended, it was very clear that we were not bent on genocide. This is not to excuse what we did against Japan and Germany. And I do believe we murdered, I would use the word murdered, large numbers or millions of Japanese and Germans together. But in the case of what’s going on in Gaza, what’s happening here is that the Israelis are systematically trying to destroy the Palestinians as a national group. They’re targeting them as Palestinians and they’re trying to destroy Palestinian national identity in addition to murdering huge numbers of Palestinians. [OCS: Collateral damage in wartime conditions is not murder.]

The Strategic Goal Behind the Violence

TUCKER CARLSON: And I mean, it’s not just a rage reflex. This is a strategy. Of course, two and a half years later, almost three years later, what is the strategy? What’s the goal of this? JOHN MEARSHEIMER: My view on this is that the Israelis have long been interested in expelling the Palestinian population from Greater Israel. If you look at Greater Israel, this includes the Israel that was created in 1948 and the occupied territories. This is the West Bank, Gaza, and what we call Green Line Israel. That’s Greater Israel. Inside Greater Israel, there are about 7.3 million Jews and about 7.3 million Palestinians. And from the get go, going back to the early days of Zionism and the views of people like David Ben Gurion, they believe that you needed a Jewish state that was about 80% Jewish and 20% Palestinian. In an ideal world, you would get rid of all the Palestinians, but the least bad alternative is 80-20. But you actually have a situation in Greater Israel where you have 50-50. So October 7th happens and what the Israelis see is an excellent opportunity for ethnic cleansing. And they make this clear. In other words, it’s an excellent opportunity to go to war in Gaza and drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and solve that demographic problem that they face. [OCS: This is a mischaracterization of the situation and is categorically false as Israel attempts to secure the nation from terrorist attacks.] TUCKER CARLSON: That’s such a dark thing. And therefore that’s a very strong allegation. On what basis are you making it?

Evidence of Ethnic Cleansing Plans

JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Oh, there’s just a huge amount of data that supports this in the Israeli press that they have been perfectly willing to make this argument loudly and clearly. The issue of genocide, which I’ll get to in a second, is a different issue. I’m separating ethnic cleansing from genocide. So what happens after October 7 is that the Israelis see an opportunity to drive the Palestinians out of Gaza and you want to remember that you had massive ethnic cleansing in 1948. When the state is created, virtually all of those people in Gaza are descendants of the ethnic cleansing of 1948. TUCKER CARLSON: Were kicked out of another place and sent to Gaza. JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Yeah. And by the way, there was another massive ethnic cleansing after the 67 war in the West Bank. So this is the third attempt at a massive ethnic cleansing in Gaza. So this is hardly surprising at all. And in fact, if you go back and read the literature on the creation of Israel, this is all thoroughly documented. Ethnic cleansing was a subject that the Zionists talked about from the get go, and they talked about extensively because there was no way they could create a Greater Israel without doing massive ethnic cleansing. You want to remember that when the Zionists come to Israel starting in the late 1800s, early 1900s, there are remarkably few Jews in Palestine. And those Jews are not Zionists. The Zionists are the Jews who come from Europe. TUCKER CARLSON: Right. JOHN MEARSHEIMER: And they understand that they’re moving into a territory that’s filled with Palestinian villages and Palestinian people. And the question you have to ask yourself is, how can you create a Jewish state on a piece of territory that’s filled with Palestinians without doing ethnic cleansing? Massive ethnic cleansing. And the answer is you can’t. So they’re talking about and thinking about ethnic cleansing from the get go. So the idea that they wouldn’t think of what the situation looks like after October 7th is an opportunity to do ethnic cleansing belongs. TUCKER CARLSON: So it wasn’t really “a land without people for a people without land.”

The Israel Lobby’s Influence on U.S. Middle East Policy

JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Well, I would say in the Middle East. In the Middle East, there is no question. People now call it West Asia. I believe I call it the Middle East. In the Middle East, our policy is profoundly influenced by Israel. We give, as I said to you before, we have a special relationship with Israel that has no parallel in recorded history. Just very important to understand it. There is no single case in recorded history that comes even close to looking like the relationship that we have with Israel. Because again, as I said, states sometimes have similar interests, and this includes the United States and Israel, but they also have conflicting interests. And when a great power like the United States has conflicting interests with another country, it almost always, except in the case of Israel, acts in terms of its own interests, America first. But when it comes to Israel, it’s Israel first. And if you go to the Middle East and look at our policy there, there’s just abundant evidence to support that. TUCKER CARLSON: So then the question, I mean, there’s so many questions, but the question is why? Like, what is that? And it’s I think it’s really causing serious problems in the current ruling coalition because the contradiction is too obvious. It’s not America first. And people can see that because it’s so evident. But what are the causes of it? Like, why would, for the first time, as you said in recorded history, a nation spend, you know, whatever it is, a trillion dollars a year in effect, to serve the interest of another country? Like, why? Why? JOHN MEARSHEIMER: Well, I believe there’s one simple answer. The Israel lobby. I think the lobby is an incredibly powerful interest group, and I’m choosing my words carefully. It has awesome power, and it basically is in a position where it can profoundly influence US foreign policy in the Middle East. And indeed, it affects foreign policy outside of the Middle East. But when it comes to the Middle East, and again, the Palestinian issue in particular, it has incredible power. And there’s no president who is willing to buck the lobby.

The two-hour and twelve-minute interview, “John Mearsheimer: The Palestinian Genocide and How the West Has Been Deceived Into Supporting It,” can be found here.

Blaming the Brits

If Mearsheimer were more of a historian, he would recognize the British colonial legacy and the roots of the current conflict.

• Sykes-Picot Agreement (1916): a secret colonial pact where Britain and France carved up the region, laying the groundwork for the modern borders of Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Israel/Palestine, often with little regard for local populations.

• Balfour Declaration (1917): The British government issued a statement supporting the establishment of a “national home for the Jewish people” in Palestine. This was done without consulting the Arab majority already living there. This is the colonial decision that sowed the seeds of future conflict.

• Transjordan (1921): The British wanted to stabilize the region without direct rule, so they split the territory east of the Jordan River off and called it Transjordan. This move also appeased Arab opposition to the Balfour Declaration, since Transjordan was made off-limits to Jewish immigration. This is where displaced Gazans and those Arabs fleeing the known upcoming 1948 war should have settled.

• Mandate for Palestine (1920–1948): After the Ottoman Empire collapsed, Britain took control of Palestine under a League of Nations mandate. During this time, Jewish immigration increased, supported by British policy, while Palestinian Arabs resisted, leading to growing tensions. Britain’s inconsistent and often self-interested handling of Jewish and Arab demands deepened divisions.

• Divide-and-Rule Tactics: Like in other colonies, the British often played different communities against each other to maintain control. In Palestine, this exacerbated mistrust and violence between Arabs and Jews.

• Abrupt Withdrawal (1948): Britain essentially washed its hands of the situation in 1948, leaving a deeply divided land behind. The UN Partition Plan was accepted by Zionist leaders but rejected by Arab states and Palestinians, leading to war.

I am not arguing that Jews do not have a historical claim to the land, only that the entire region was created, managed, and fucked up by the Brits.

Bottom Line…

While John Mearsheimer is vocally critical of Israeli policy and U.S. support for it, this falls within the bounds of legitimate political criticism from a prominent political scientist and the R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science at the uber-leftist University of Chicago.

Labeling him as anti-Semitic is a mischaracterization. I would argue that he is the product of his liberal academic environment, which may have led to a lack of historical perspective and possibly diminished common sense.

Tucker Carlson, whom I believe is anti-Semitic, on the other hand, delights in presenting anti-Israel guests. He is a classic narcissistic fuckwit.

We are so screwed when academics and media hosts ignore history and use Israel as a scapegoat for the Middle East’s 12th-century worldview.

If anyone deserves the blame for the current situation, it is Hamas, followed by the colonial British.

— Steve

July 28, 2025 12:04 AM

Tucker Carlson’s Hypocrisy on Full Display

Tucker Carlson insists he’s not obsessed with Israel, but his record says otherwise. Every time he’s called out for peddling anti-Semitic tropes, he plays the same tired game: Who, me? I’m just asking questions. But his questions always seem to cast suspicion on the loyalty of American Jews who support Israel, a tactic as old as it is dangerous. Or the justification for ignoring America when it comes to foreign aid for Israel.

Carlson’s brand of “just asking questions” journalism conveniently tiptoes around accountability while fueling conspiratorial narratives. His guest list tells the real story. He gives a platform to voices with an apparent disdain for Israel, amplifying their grievances while claiming he’s simply engaging in open dialogue. It’s a cowardly dodge, a way to legitimize anti-Semitism without owning it.

His hypocrisy is staggering. Carlson wraps himself in the cloak of free speech and patriotism, yet regularly indulges in the age-old smear of divided loyalty, suggesting that American Jews who care about Israel are somehow less American. He wants the cover of plausible deniability while stoking the flames of resentment and suspicion.

Tucker Carlson isn’t just asking questions. He’s shaping a narrative, one that subtly, and sometimes not so subtly, paints Jewish Americans as the “other.” It’s time to call it what it is: calculated, dangerous, and profoundly hypocritical.

Bottom Line…

Tucker Carlson hides behind the veneer of skepticism and patriotism, but his act is transparent. He claims to champion free speech while giving voice to bigotry. He insists he’s merely asking questions, yet those questions always cast doubt on the loyalty and integrity of American Jews. It’s not journalism, it’s a calculated performance that fuels division and resentment. Carlson’s hypocrisy isn’t subtle; it’s central to his brand. And no amount of feigned outrage or deflection can conceal the truth: he has become a willing mouthpiece for dangerous narratives, and the consequences of his platform are far too serious to ignore.

We are so screwed

— Steve