White House: U.S. Isn't Joining Attacks on Iran
Smoke billows from an explosion near the Azadi Tower in Tehran on Monday. (Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty Images)
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AFP via Getty Images Despite the heated war of words, Cruz and Carlson sprinkled in some words of affirmation for one another throughout the two-hour clash, concluding that they agreed on about 80% of the issues. Cruz recounted Carlson's anti-lockdown monologues during the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic and likened them to a 'crack injection' — while carefully caveating that he doesn't know what crack is like. Carlson also noted that he backed Cruz in his last election. But the senator sought to impress upon Carlson that he had lurched too far in the isolationist direction after concluding he had wrongfully backed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq. Cruz, who harked back to his opposition to the Iraq War, described himself as an 'isolationist hawk' who has charted out a middle ground between neocons and complete doves. 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'Why don't we do a regime change here?' he quipped at another point. 5 President Trump declared last year that Iran should be 'obliterated' if it assassinates him. AFP via Getty Images During their long-winded verbal bout, Cruz revealed that his religious convictions color his perspective on Israel, but stressed that his staunch support for the Jewish state is due to his belief that it is important for US interests. 'As a Christian, growing up in Sunday school, I was taught from the Bible, those who bless Israel will be blessed. And those who curse Israel will be cursed. And from my perspective, I wanna be on the blessing side of things,' Cruz explained, eliciting Carlson's signature look of bewilderment. 'We're commanded to support Israel.' Carlson, a proud Christian, pressed Cruz on that and suggested that the Israel in the Bible described in Genesis is different than the modern-day country run by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. 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