Alastair Crooke
Former British MI6 officer and director of Conflicts Forum
Alastair Crooke (Former British MI6 officer and director of Conflicts Forum) has appeared as a guest on 1 episode in TMT. Topics they speak about most include United States war with Iran, Israeli strikes in Lebanon, Israel Defense Forces.
In their words
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United States war with Iran
Crooke predicts that stalled negotiations will lead to a financial crisis in Europe and America that eventually forces a rethink.
“There will be eventually financial, economic crisis, certainly in Europe, but in America too. The debt market will tank, the stock market will go”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 2:16:36
Crooke claims Israel and the U.S. have largely been bombing Chinese-supplied heat-emitting decoys.
“largely, the Israelis and the United States have been bombing decoys”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:09:40
Crooke argues Iran emerged from the month of war stronger than after the June 12-day war.
“Iran has emerged stronger from this month of war than it did at the end of the 12-day war last June in many ways”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:05:46
Crooke says the ceasefire is very tenuous and already eroding over the question of Lebanon.
“It's very tenuous. At the moment, it's very tenuous. It's already eroding somewhat”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:01:10
Israeli strikes in Lebanon
Crooke says Israel's nuclear threat would be a last resort, but warns that messianic thinking in Israel makes a rationalist reading insufficient.
“At the last resort, possibly. But not before. No, I don't think so. I think it would be very much a last resort”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:53:03
Crooke says Israeli military figures view the Beirut strikes as a militarily pointless last-gasp show of force before joining the ceasefire.
“This is clearly a last gasp by the government there to present, if you like, a victory before they have to concede that they will join the ceasefire”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 2:06:35
Israel Defense Forces
Crooke reports that Israel's military chief of staff told the cabinet the IDF is overextended and collapsing.
“the staff went to the cabinet the other day and said, listen, the IDF, the military force is collapsing. We're totally overextended”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 2:02:47
2026 United States midterm elections
Crooke believes Trump wants out of the war because of the approaching midterm elections.
“He wants to get out because he has this timeline. The midterm elections are coming up”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:44:35
Kharg Island
Crooke argues seizing Kharg Island would not work because it is within Iranian artillery and missile range and would not give control of Hormuz.
“Kog Island is in artillery range of the Iranian side of the Hormuz. And it's certainly within ballistic missile”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:37:10
BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
Crooke asserts Iran now has an integrated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capability via China's BeiDou system.
“this time the shoe is on the other foot. is the Iranians that have the IRS, the intelligence reconnaissance system”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:32:16
Petrodollar system
Crooke says Iran aims to use control of Hormuz to shift the Gulf away from the petrodollar and Wall Street's sphere.
“to change the region away from being a petrodollar region, away from it being, if you like, part of the... economic um the economic sphere of wall street”
The Tucker Carlson Show: BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts. (Apr 9, 2026) · Listen from 1:14:32
Appearances
BREAKING: Netanyahu’s Terror Attack on Lebanon Destroys Trump’s Ceasefire. Tucker Reacts.The Tucker Carlson Show · Apr 9, 2026 · 2 h 24 min
Tucker Carlson argues Israel's strikes on Beirut undermined Trump's Iran ceasefire, then interviews Alastair Crooke on Iran's resilience, Hormuz leverage and the war's likely course.
Often appears with
- Tucker Carlson · 1 shared episode