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Tucker Carlson gave a pre-emptive justification following his tour, saying that real leaders have to kill people.

"He was a western puppet" I've heard this already.

Something like "it's the West's fault, if it left Eastern Europe to Russia, Putin would not get this bad"

Yes, that one has been used here on HN in fact, multiple times.

Being "anti-woke" gives you infinite leeway for many people