Mike Huckabee Creates International Crisis By Sticking Godly Foot In Pious Mouth

[Zorro]

Picture a bearded white Urkel saying 'Did I do that?'

God, we loathe Mike Huckabee, with his stupid hipster beard and his stupid smug face and his thoroughly primitive belief that a book patched together from the oral traditions of a bunch of illiterate shepherds trapped in a desert is the literal Word of God, so shut up and love Jesus before the seals are broken and the Four Horsemen come galloping across the sky and the true believers — such as, not coincidentally, Mike Huckabee — start ascending to heaven like the world’s chattiest helium balloons.

Or something to that effect, we don’t know, we pretty much stop listening to this eschatology when it gets to the part where the whole mishegas requires our people to either convert to Christianity or get slaughtered by whoever turns out to be the antichrist. (Donald Trump, it is Donald Trump, we never thought God would invest such power in a doddering senile idiot, so that’s our bad for not seeing it coming.)

Unfortunately for both us and humanity, Huckabee is America’s ambassador to Israel, which is supposed to be eschaton Ground Zero on some unknowable future date. Since the Middle East is one of the most fought-over areas in the world, one would hope for an ambassador who chooses his words carefully, who does not speak with great hyperbole. One who does not off-handedly dismiss the inconvenient existence of every Arab in the region with the glib comment that Israel can take all that dang land if they want it.

From Politico, which is coming up on two decades of WINNING THE MORNING:

Huckabee spoke in an interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that aired Friday. Carlson said that according to the Bible, the descendants of Abraham would receive land that today would include much of the Middle East, including parts of modern-day Jordan, Syria, Iraq and Lebanon. He quoted from Genesis Chapter 15 and asked Huckabee if Israel had a right to that land.

Huckabee responded “It would be fine if they took it all.”

What? No, no, it would not in any way be “fine” if Israel took over everything “from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates,” which is the area the Book of Genesis talks about. We do not care what the Bible says, as the Bible was written thousands of years ago, when perhaps even God Himself could not foresee just how insanely fucking stupid humanity was going to get.

https://www.wonkette.com/p/mike-huckabee-creates-international

[no_hypocrisy]

1. I'm surprised that French Ambassador, Charles Kushner, didn't immediately

endorse Huckabee's statement.

"Yeah. What he said . . . . . "

And what a deafening silence from Bibi Netanyahu.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. MaddowBlog-Huckabee's Israel comments spark controversy, adding to Trump's ambassadorial woes

In recent days, we’ve received multiple reminders: Donald Trump’s diplomats could stand to be more diplomatic.

Three U.S. ambassadors sparked three international incidents over the course of a week:
- Ambassador to Belgium Bill White
- Ambassador to France Charles Kushner
- Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee

But Huckabee’s controversy is clearly generating the biggest backlash.
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— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-02-23T21:49:32.679Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/huckabees-israel-comments-spark-controversy-adding-to-trumps-ambassadorial-woes

But in between developments in Brussels and Paris, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee sparked an even more serious controversy. The New York Times reported:

Remarks by Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador to Israel, prompted a storm of condemnation from Arab leaders over the weekend after he suggested that it ‘would be fine’ if Israel took lands stretching across the Middle East from Egypt to Iraq.

Mr. Huckabee, an evangelical Christian and a staunch supporter of Israel, made the comments during a two-hour interview with the provocative right-wing podcaster Tucker Carlson, which aired on Friday.

To put it mildly, many in the region were not impressed. Politico reported that the backlash included public criticism from Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation and the League of Arab States.

Saudi Arabia’s foreign ministry described Huckabee’s comment as “extremist rhetoric” and “unacceptable,” while Egypt’s foreign ministry called the remark a “blatant violation” of international law. The League of Arab States added, “Statements of this nature — extremist and lacking any sound basis — serve only to inflame sentiments and stir religious and national emotions.”

Over the weekend, Huckabee tried to walk back his comments, insisting that he was taken out of context. In the same interview, the ambassador, who previously served as governor of Arkansas, said Israel isn’t trying to “take all of that,” though he added, “They are asking to at least take the land that they now occupy, they now live in, they now own legitimately, and it is a safe haven for them.”