Tucker Carlson Prefers Qatar to Israel. The Facts Don’t.

Tucker Carlson Prefers Qatar to Israel. The Facts Don’t.

When Tucker Carlson insists the United States gets “nothing” from its alliance with Israel — while praising ties with Qatar as “clearly more beneficial” — he isn’t offering strategy. He is expressing his bias and packaging it as realism.

What America receives from Israel – A message for Tucker Carlson

The United States and Israel maintain a close alliance, with the U.S. providing significant military aid to Israel (over $300 billion cumulatively since 1948, adjusted for inflation, mostly in recent decades around $3.8 billion annually). In return, the U.S. receives substantial strategic, military, intelligence, technological, and economic benefits from the partnership.Strategic and Geopolitical Benefits Israel serves as a reliable democratic a…