“The Levant … Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon – it’d also be big parts of Saudi Arabia and Iraq,” Carlson said.

Huckabee said: “I’m not sure it would go that far, but it would be a big piece of land.”

He continued: “Israel is a land that God gave, through Abraham, to a people that he chose. It was a people, a place and a purpose.”

Pressed by Carlson on whether Israel has the right to that land, Huckabee responded: “It would be fine if they took it all.”

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    So he wouldn’t mind if we showed up to his house and threw his shit family out? Housing is expensive, so let’s steal it from the Nazis.

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    Expanding from “the Nile to the Euphrates” has always been the plan, since before Israel got reestablished. These people are accelerationists trying to fast forward to their end times prophecies

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    God dammit did Tucker Carlson do a journalism again? I’m going to be so upset if he’s a factor in ending MAGA.

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      Even broken clocks are right twice a day. It doesn’t make them useful, they still belong in the trash.

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    Headline is exaggerated; he’s only talking about the west side of the Middle East, so their buddies on the Persian gulf aren’t included.

    That being said, if Israel goes the way of becoming an empire, it’s a region next door that’s both absurdly rich and defenseless. And with every other military power in the region being ground down, that looks like more and more of a long-term possibility.

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    I wonder how Saudi Arabia would feel about that??

    Isn’t the Trump-family immensely-wealthier as a result of some “deals” with them??

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      Which is why it won’t actually happen under Trump. Huckabee can say whatever he wants, he’s not the voice that counts.

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    Yes, let Israel do whatever they want, and subjugate whoever they want. If we do, Sky-Daddy will come back for the righteous people like us!

    I am not entirely sure what I believe in terms of theology, there are some things Humans simply are not equipped as we are now to know. Despite that, what I do know is that organized religion is quite possibly the worst thing to befall the human race.

    Oh, and if by some freak twist of fate they happen to be right (they aren’t), I would so love to see the look on their faces when they learn they are not the righteous ones.