Posted on 01/03/2020 10:46:33 AM PST by george76
It’s impossible to exaggerate the importance of the elimination of the Iranian al Quds commander Qasem Soleimani. He was killed by a US airstrike which targeted him at Baghdad airport, where he had been met by his close henchman Abu Mahdi al Muhandis and who was killed alongside him in a vehicle convoy with five others.
This was America’s response to Iran’s escalating aggression, including an attack on US forces at an Iraqi military base on December 27 that killed a US contractor and wounded several others, and after an Iranian-backed mob attacked the US embassy on December 29 scrawling “Soleimani is my leader” on the guardhouses.
That day, the US launched a series of five airstrikes in Iraq and Syria that killed 25 members of the Iranian-backed militia, Kataib Hezbollah. But taking out Soleimani moves all this onto a different level altogether.
Soleimani has been described by some outlets as a terrorist leader. This is vastly to underestimate his importance. The al Quds force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps is part of Iran’s hugely powerful proxy army, and Soleimani was the regime’s key military strategist and military commander.
He launched countless military operations against US, Israel and others. He was responsible for hundreds of American deaths in Iraq. He was the invaluable architect of Iran’s territorial drive for regional incursion and hegemony.
Al Muhandis was also a key military player who was responsible for supporting the Iranian-backed militias, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, through which Iran has pushed for regional power.
How will the Iranian regime react to this devastating blow to their prowess and prestige?
President Trump, who ordered the strike against Soleimani, has already weakened the regime through reimposing sanctions. That in itself has helped inspire the immensely brave Iranian protesters who, despite suffering in their thousands murder, jailing and torture, have continued with their demonstrations aimed at bringing down the regime that has so oppressed them and ruined their country.
The killing of Soleimani may now encourage further destabilising demonstrations, not just in Iran itself but also in Lebanon and Iraq whose people have also been mounting unprecedented protests against the Iranian militias and Shia clerics responsible for the fanatical religious oppression of the people. The hitherto unthinkable US killing of Soleimani may now spur all these people to redouble their efforts to bring the tyranny down.
Even a mortally wounded serpent, however, can still cause death and destruction through the thrashing of its tail. America and Israel are now braced for Iran to retaliate. Since the middle of last year it has been escalating its aggression in the region, firing rockets at US bases, attacking oil tankers in regional waters and crippling Saudi Arabia’s most critical oil installation through a multiple missile strike.
So the regime will almost certainly use its still considerable malign power to retaliate. Whatever now happens, however, Trump has achieved something of incalculable benefit for America. He has got it off its knees.
President Jimmy Carter was paralysed by the 444-day Iran hostage crisis. President Clinton vacillated between sanctions against Iran and appeasement.
Most infamously, President Obama did a deal with the regime which would have allowed it to develop nuclear weapons after at best a ten-year delay, and which opened the way for millions of dollars to be funnelled into Iran to finance its continuing terrorist attacks, regional aggression and genocidal agenda against Israel.
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Faced with attacks on American assets, Carter ran away, Clinton prevaricated, Obama actually helped fund them – but Trump ruthlessly and decisively killed the attacker. America is now back as a force to be reckoned with.
The Iranians had assumed, especially after the hawkish John Bolton left the administration, that the US would never take bold military action and would continue to be craven and spineless. Like so many others, they signally underestimated the maverick in the White House.
Trump is known as an isolationist because he is reluctant to get involved in any foreign wars. Bur when American interests are directly attacked, as we have just seen, he will be ferocious in response.
Now we have all learned something more about this president; and now the great struggle against the terrible evil of the Iranian Islamic Revolution enters a new phase.
I can’t help but think that there is much less chance of war with Iran now.
Military action can prevent an Iranian-sponsored terrorist war.
Iran’s leaders are presently busy changing their cell phones and computers, hiding themselves, avoiding talking to each other, planning their escape routes, and making sure their money and mistresses are sent out of town.
They may get around to planning some kind of revenge after all this is done.
Trump hopes Iran will not act irrationally in the face of overwhelming US strength.
This magic moment!:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7847069/Rocket-attack-Baghdad-airport-kills-seven.html
Just as Israel has the right of self-defense, the United States has exactly the same right.
Qassem Soleimani is responsible for the death of American citizens and many other innocent people. He was planning more such attacks... - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:
Next, they should take out a couple of high ranking mullahs, just to show them we have that capability..................
The Iranians had assumed, especially after the hawkish John Bolton left the administration, that the US would never take bold military action...
Yeah, well, maybe that's what they were supposed to think. Same with the cartoon retard villain in Pyongyang.
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Not a bad gamble, methinks, since the only thing more important to an Ayatollah than spreading the Revolution is the Ayatollah's ass.
How much did the sham impeachment, and Big Media’s cheerleading of it, influence Iran to think Trump was weak?
CNN was one of the most biased outlets, and CNN International is, for many foreign leaders, their window on America. So is it really surprising that Iran would conclude that Trump was weakened by impeachment and hated at home?
So in a way, CNN and their other Media pals are responsible for hurrying up Soleimani’s death. Karma.
Was with Iran is inevitable as they have a religious mandate to kill all non Shiites around the world. Their “god” commands them to slaughter everyone or die trying.
Best we assist them in the latter.
If we appear weak, they WILL come. Only if victory is not assured will they hold off.
The corrupt Joe Biden came down on the side of the terrorists. Stick a fork in the POS.
Oh, I have a feeling they've all received their party invitations already.
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The money quote:
“... Trump has achieved something of incalculable benefit for America. He has got it off its knees.”
More WINNING!
The ayatollahs & mullahs are busy inventorying their bug-out bags which include business suits with neckties and shaving kits.
WINNING! MAGA!
“America is now back as a force to be reckoned with.”
“America is now back as a force to be reckoned with.”
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