Resisting the Nazis Was the West’s Finest Hour

Disgraced ex–Fox News host Tucker Carlson has fully descended into the fever swamps of conspiracy theorism, from bizarre claims about UFOs to insidious, antisemitic allegations about the “Israel lobby.” Among the most persistent of his absurd ideas, though, is the notion that World War II somehow brought on the collapse of Western civilization.

Carlson has been making the claim for years, seemingly as part of an argument against continued U.S. support for allies such as Ukraine and Israel. In many respects, it seems that he has cribbed his arguments from the thoroughly debunked work of populist firebrand Pat Buchanan. Plenty of scholars — from Lord Andrew Roberts to members of Hillsdale College’s Churchill Project — have ably refuted Carlson’s erroneous claims. Anyone with an ounce of common sense realizes that standing up to Adolf Hitler’s mad ideology was an act of civilizational greatness.

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About the Author

Michael Lucchese

Michael Lucchese is the founder of Pipe Creek Consulting, an associate editor of Law & Liberty, and a contributing editor at Providence magazine. He is also the editor of a new anthology of Russell Kirk’s writings, On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776.

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Disgraced ex–Fox News host Tucker Carlson has fully descended into the fever swamps of conspiracy theorism, from bizarre claims about UFOs to insidious, antisemitic allegations about the “Israel lobby.” Among the most persistent of his absurd ideas, though, is the notion that World War II somehow brought on the collapse of Western civilization.

Carlson has been making the claim for years, seemingly as part of an argument against continued U.S. support for allies such as Ukraine and Israel. In many respects, it seems that he has cribbed his arguments from the thoroughly debunked work of populist firebrand Pat Buchanan. Plenty of scholars — from Lord Andrew Roberts to members of Hillsdale College’s Churchill Project — have ably refuted Carlson’s erroneous claims. Anyone with an ounce of common sense realizes that standing up to Adolf Hitler’s mad ideology was an act of civilizational greatness.

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About the Author

Michael Lucchese

Michael Lucchese is the founder of Pipe Creek Consulting, an associate editor of Law & Liberty, and a contributing editor at Providence magazine. He is also the editor of a new anthology of Russell Kirk’s writings, On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776.