The Dark Side Of Col. Douglas Macgregor, Tucker’s ‘Go-To’ Military Expert

Over the past two years, Colonel Douglas Macgregor has become Tucker Carlson’s “go-to guy” on foreign policy and military matters. Yet, there is reason to question whether Carlson should be giving Macgregor a bully pulpit. That’s because, during a recent Cyrus Janssen podcast that saw Macgregor offer insights into the current Middle East conflict, he revealed that he traffics in the worst kind of antisemitic tropes and stereotypes. Macgregor’s theme was that Washington is now controlled by Israel, with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calling the shots.

Preliminarily, Janssen is incredibly hostile to Israel and completely supportive of the Hamas narrative. Given that fact, Macgregor’s willingness to appear on his podcast was already a red flag.

Then, during the interview, Macgregor asserted that Israel has exaggerated the fatality count and the horrors included in these attacks. He further stated that there were a significant number of friendly fire fatalities, inflating the death toll. He suggested that Israel is intent on building an Israeli “super state” from the Jordanian border to the Mediterranean by removing all Arabs in this area. The most stunning accusation was his comparing today’s Israel Defense Force actions to the 1944 Nazi purge of the Warsaw ghetto.

Image: Col. Douglas Macgregor and Tucker Carlson. X screen grab.

Macgregor spoke of collective punishment, a term he has used before. The term is popular among Hamas supporters in the United Nations as it suggests war crimes. Hence, the Nazi comparison.

Sometimes, it feels as if we are going back in time. In the early 20th century, the fictitious “Protocols of the Elders of Zion” were used to argue a plot by Jews/Zionists to take over the world and subvert Christianity. The abbreviated version of the book first appeared in Russia in 1903.

Russian historian Vladimir Burtsev revealed that the “Protocols” were forgeries put together by Russian authorities and the secret police. Apparently, Colonel Macgregor is still unaware that they are a forgery.

The Israeli Knesset (parliament) and our government have seen video footage of the October 7 Hamas atrocities. Macgregor can obtain a screening so that he can verify for himself the horrors of that day. Much of the footage was obtained from Hamas sources, their own people posting online the joy of their grisly work.

Macgregor quotes numbers of fatalities for the Palestinian victims of Israeli aggression that could only have come from Hamas. Since when are terrorist organizations a credible source of information? Did the Allies take Nazi news releases at face value? As it happens, there’s every reason to believe Hamas’s numbers are fake. Indeed, later in the podcast, Macgregor admits that no one knows what the real numbers are.

Much of Macgregor’s commentary was a rambling diatribe, offering no specifics or sources of the Israeli numbers as to exaggeration or details of friendly fire casualties. He just offered up broad generalizations lacking support.

The reference to the Protocols seems rather out of place, since they don’t actually cite an instance of MacGregor talking about said Protocols.

And a member of the IDF, at least as recently as 2020, thought the charge that MacGregor was anti-Semitic to be unjust: https://m.jpost.com/opinion/antisemitism-accusations-against-dr-douglas-macgregor-are-deeply-upsetting-639119

Apparently, Colonel Macgregor is still unaware that they are a forgery.

No love for Macgregor on my part - but did he actually reference the "Protocols?"

I, personally, have yet to "square the circle" and figure out why so many conservatives are so vehemently opposed to aiding Ukraine. Mr. Carlson has greatly disappointed me by adopting the stance he has taken. Macgregor is clearly a member of the pro-Russian camp. That he is also anti-Israel seems entirely consistent with his character.

But unless he explicitly references the "Protocols" as if they had a shred of authenticity, let's not imply that he has. He has said enough other things to "out" himself.

Regards,

The other pro-Russian Qtard pedophile favorite, Scott Ritter has similar anti-semitic proclivities.

"I not only do not condemn Hamas, I applaud Hamas. I endorse Hamas. I am 100% behind Hamas. I believe Hamas's mission of destroying Israel is a justifiable mission. Israel no longer deserves the right to exist".

-Scott Ritter (hero to pedophiles, russians and terrorists), 26 Dec 2023

Criticizing American foreign policy insofar as the State of Israel is concerned does not necessarily imply a person is “anti-Jewish”.

Perhaps, but I can't remember a single person who who did that isn't. The argument that Israel is always wrong, and Hamas is innocent and always tells the truth stains credulity, unless one has some special grudge against Jews.

I don't agree with Israel about everything. If it were up to me, Jonathan Pollard would be rotting in jail. But your argument that Israel is the bad guy and Hamas and Iran are the good guys just doesn't add up.

You probably also believe Mexico can send as many people to the U.S. as it wants, and the U.S. is obligated to them. And if someone attacked the U.S. and used child human shields to defend themselves, you'd probably say the U.S. was bad.

Israel was attacked by the Muslim world in 1967 and 1973, and McGregor says Israel was wrong for defending itself. Everyone knows who the aggressor was, but somehow McGregor is confused about it.

At the end of the day, McGregor and Carlson support the $40 billion in funds given to the Palestinians, and they want the U.S. to give them $40 billion more. No sale.

Read the posts about his show here.

Posts 'about' his show? How about actual instances from the show itself?

He thinks Muslims (And occasionally atheists) are the good guys, and Christians and Jews are the bad guys.

Given how badly you mischaracterized my statement about American foreign policy, you'll have to forgive me for not taking your word for granted.

The globalists, and WEF, are actually supporting both sides, get a clue. And McGregor promoted the Russian invasion. He spews Russian propaganda that's easily disprovable. Your just as much a Neocon if you support Russia's nation-building invasion of Ukraine and Georgia, and their support for the Azerbaijanis wiping out the Armenians. And their cozy relationship with Chechen Jihadists. Or the Hamas invasion os Israel.

Obama tried to let Iran off the hook, because Putin told him to. Trump tore up the agreement and took a hard line against Iran.

Remember, Bush talked about what a good man Putin was, and Obama gave Putin the message that he would be more flexible to help him after he was reelected. Trump pissed of Putin, especially when he cracked down on his client state, Iran. And Hamas is the client "state" of Iran.

The world has pump $40 billion into Hamas, and McGregor and Carlson want to give tens of billions more in funding. That is ultra globalist.

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