‘Tucker Carlson’s revolt against America’s Israel policy’

This is apropos several letters to the Editor titled ‘Tucker Carlson’s revolt against America’s Israel policy’ carried by the newspaper in recent days.

During the exchange with US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, Carlson raised the issue of civilian casualties, specifically asking about how thousands of children had been killed during Israeli military operations.

The ambassador acknowledged that large numbers of civilians, including thousands of children, have died in the conflict, but maintained that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attempt to minimise civilian harm even much better than the US army does.

Carlson then pressed further, asking whether US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee was implying that the US military operates with lower moral standards than the IDF.

In response, the ambassador cited historical examples of American warfare, including the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the flattening of the entire Germany during World War-II during and civilian casualties in Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan.

The Ambassador seemed so bought up by Israel that in defence of the IDF that he blamed the US army as worse than the IDF, clearly reflecting where his loyalties are and how, instead of defending the interests of the US in Israel, he was defending Israel which was against the term of employment of an Ambassador.

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