Tucker Carlson

In fact, thank us for it.

So you should know that Europe is in very serious trouble because of this, and that matters to Americans.

But the concerns that we're going to have to deal with, we pray not, here in the United States are not limited to the slow death of our true allies.

they would include attacks here.

Both acts of terror that are pretty predictable when you kill religious leaders in foreign countries, it does tend to inspire extremism.

It's not an excuse for it.

It's horrifying.

But that's why you don't want to do anything to encourage religious extremism, particularly if you pretend you don't like it.

Maybe don't kill Ayatollahs and you'll get less of it, obviously.

But that's not just it.

The United States has never...

engage in a policy openly of targeting other heads of state because countries don't do that.

Why don't they do that?

Because it's not a precedent they want to set.

It's one of several precedents that countries hesitate before setting in warfare.

Don't assassinate the head of state because we don't want our head of state to be assassinated.

Don't openly target civilian infrastructure, of course.

And if you can help it, don't call for absolute total abject surrender.

Because that's a lot to ask of any nation.

And it tends to inspire people to fight to the bitter end when you start talking like that.