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One Strike, Two Errors

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Iran’s failed strike on Israel  — April 13 involving around 170 drones, over 30 cruise missiles, and more than 120 ballistic missiles — helped expose Tucker Carlson and Thomas Friedman shortcomings. Each occupies opposing corners of our political arena. Each slip is worth a closer look. Tucker Carlson My last post ended with  a lengthy, and favorable, excerpt of Carlson’s thinking. I liked his professed commitment to being “virtuous,” and to “natural rights that distinguish the citizen from the slave.” I did call Carlson “controversial.” But after reading Free Press columnist Eli Lake’s critique of Carlson’s departure from reality since he left FOX News, I think calling Tucker “controversial” may understate what’s happened. Lake is appalled by Carlson’s “descent into moral relativism, his muddying of the line between good and evil.” Lake points to Tucker’s saying America is no better than its enemies;  His trip to Moscow, where he praised the city’s “gleaming subways an...