Ryan McBeth did a fact checking of Tucker Carlson's Interview with the Honorable Colonel Douglas MacGregor in regards to Ukraine. He gives the Colonel a lot of benefit of doubt during the fact checking to the point it could almost be a drinking game.
He starts off by pointing out two common fallacies that are exhibited in the Interview, including the Strawman Fallacy and Proof by Assertion/False Assertion Fallacy.
Some of the statements made in the interview that are fact checked.
4:15 - Tucker says that Ukraine is being destroyed in lobsided battles with a Russian technologically superior enemy,
5:55 - Tucker says that the most likely outcome is American troops will fight the Russians in Eastern Europe.
6:35 - States Ukraine has lost 400,000 Troops Killed.
9:05 - States entire Ukrainian platoons and companies are surrendering to the Russians due to massive numbers of wounded and because since the beginning of the War, Russians have treated Ukrainian prisoners very fairly.
10:15 - Russia has 300,000 Combat Troops Ready in Reserve to Counter when NATO/US Advances into Western Ukraine.
12:15 - "Our equipment is decades old. The tanks I served on in 1990 were virtually brand new, state of the art. Those tanks are still out there. They've been rebuilt but they're not new anymore. They're no longer as capable as they once were."
14:05 - Russians have no shortages on ammunition. The West cannot compete.
15:15 - Russian Integrated Air Defenses will knock everything flying out of the sky so to prevent the Russians from advancing, the US will resort to using tactical nuclear weapons.
16:25 - Russia attacked Ukraine to prevent the US from stationing nuclear missiles in Eastern Ukraine which could strike at Russia in a matter of minutes.
18:00 - The Russian military today is more powerful Russian military in 30-40, including the Soviet Army of the mid-1980's.
19:20 - The Russians pioneered the use of intelligence gathering via satellites and airpower combined with precision strikes weapons and are ahead of the West in both categories.
21:25 - The United States isn't getting new equipment to replace old equipment sent to Ukraine, it's just getting new old version equipment.
22:10 - Only some of the Western equipment is reaching Ukraine. Much of it is ending up in Kosovo Arms Bazaars and Mexican Drug/Human Trafficking Cartels including Javelins carried by cartel members openly.
23:55 - The US Can't Reinforce Europe because of Russia's Submarine Fleets.
25:30 - US Troops out of uniform are already fighting in Ukraine because they are getting combat pay.
26:05 - High Tech Startups are Pointless. AI is a waste because it's just better algorithms.
27:05 - Putin's Russia is an Orthodox Christian State with a Strong Russian Ethnic Identity, not a polyglot like the rest of Europe.
28:00 - Hawaiians have only received $700 dollars of aid while the Ukrainian black hole is getting billions in funds.
Original uncensored version on Substack.
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