{"id":66016,"date":"2023-10-24T06:45:35","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66016"},"modified":"2023-10-24T06:45:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T11:45:35","slug":"israel-a-nuclear-wildcard-on-dangerous-road-to-armageddon-macgregor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=66016","title":{"rendered":"Israel A &#8216;Nuclear Wildcard&#8217; On &#8216;Dangerous Road To Armageddon&#8217;: Macgregor"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"ArticleFull_header__z0vIZ\">\n<h3 class=\"ArticleFull_title__FDrpw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/israel-nuclear-wildcard-dangerous-road-armageddon-macgregor\">Israel A &#8216;Nuclear Wildcard&#8217; On &#8216;Dangerous Road To Armageddon&#8217;: Macgregor<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__2jyAd\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__HBEFs NodeBody_container__eeFKv\">\n<p>Tucker Carlson sat down with Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.),\u00a0<strong>who laid out a disturbing scenario in which the United States could quickly be pulled into a direct conflict with Iran, Russia and China<\/strong>\u00a0over Israel&#8217;s anticipated response to the October 7 Hamas attack.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/tucker%20mcgreg.JPG?itok=TBTqx3fl\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/tucker%20mcgreg.JPG?itok=TBTqx3fl\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/tucker%20mcgreg.JPG?itok=TBTqx3fl\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"347\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"74908a9b-6402-4a2a-bed8-8764dfadba6a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Carlson starts off highlighting Lindsey Graham, who vowed; &#8220;&#8230;if Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran, launches a massive attack on Israel, I consider that a threat to the&#8230; state of Israel, existential in nature. I will introduce a resolution [in] the United States Senate to allow military action by the United States in conjunction with Israel to knock Iran out of the Oil Business&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=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%3D%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1713916123211579645&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fgeopolitical%2Fisrael-nuclear-wildcard-dangerous-road-armageddon-macgregor&amp;sessionId=22f3321a053e2ba78850ecff764e3b77fc91a502&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=01917f4d1d4cb%3A1696883169554&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1713916123211579645\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Carlson then asks: &#8220;<strong>So what would war with Iran mean?\u00a0<\/strong>Well, it&#8217;s hard to know because virtually no one who&#8217;s talking about it in public is operating from a deep interest in America&#8217;s interest.\u00a0<strong>Is this good for us, or is it not?<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>If, as Sen. Graham suggests, we start bombing critical infrastructure in Iran, Macgregor warns &#8220;<strong>the destruction would be wholesale<\/strong>&#8221; as\u00a0<strong>Iran would target &#8220;all the bases we have in Iraq and Syria &#8211; with around 1000 Americans\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; would be targeted&#8230; and\u00a0<strong>this time accurately.<\/strong>&#8220;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to Macgregor, &#8220;The chosen destination&#8221; if we continue on this path,<strong>\u00a0&#8220;is Armageddon,&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong>and the implications (of which nobody seems to be considering) for the United States, Europe, and the Middle East are grave. 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