Tucker Carlson

That is measurably true because there's video of it.

A lot of it.

Because Beirut

is one of the greatest and most civilized cities on the planet.

It's not Yemen.

Lots of people have been to Beirut.

Beirut is also, by the way, the capital of the only country in the Middle East whose president is a Christian.

The president of Lebanon has always been a Christian since the founding of the country, over 100 years.

So in some basic sense, this is a Christian country, certainly a Christian-led country.

And it's not a primitive country.

It's probably one of the top three most beautiful places in the world.

But it's also one of the most civilized places in the world.

And for many years, the southern portions of the country have been controlled or at least influenced by a Shiite militia group.

which has become, in effect, the government of those parts of the country called Hezbollah.

You've heard of Hezbollah.

I think the U.S.

Congress has declared it a terror organization.

No one's defending Hezbollah.

But Hezbollah's main, the main thing to know about Hezbollah is that they are sworn opponents of Israel.

And that's why you know their name.