Times Of London Names Iranian General To List Of “2020 Rising Stars” Day Before Assassination

USSA News ^ | January 4, 2020 | Constitutional Drunk

[E. Pluribus Unum]

How’s this for bad timing?

In a list consisting mostly of foreign dignitaries that are known to only a handful of people in the UK, US and the rest of the English-speaking world, the Times of London named now-deceased Iranian General Qassem Suleimani to its list of “Twenty faces to look out for in 2020.”

The list, published on the Times’ website early Thursday morning, just hours before Suleimani was killed during a drone strike in Baghdad, also included Princess Leonor of Spain, Nigerian Afrobeat star David Adedeji (better known by his stage name Davido) and Italian politician Giorgia Meloni.

But the highlight (at least, in hindsight) will likely be Suleimani, who is included as the list’s final entry. In the description, Times’ writer Richard Spencer claims that 2020 could be the year that the long-serving general finally “cement[s] his reputation as the Machiavelli of the Middle East – or prove that even the smartest operators can suffer hubris”.

Moving on, Spencer writes that the Iranian general was already well-known to intelligence agencies as “the guiding force of Iran’s cross-border operations.”

Offering a massive dose of irony, the Times noted how Suleimani’s movements are “well-signalled” due to his status as a celebrity general, who “even poses for selfies” with militia leaders across the region.

Spencer noted that Suleiman had succeeded in making Iran’s long-held dream of a “land corridor from Tehran to the Mediterranean” a reality (such a stretch is apparently controlled by Iran-backed militias, from Iraq, to Lebanon, and everywhere in between (Syria).

Finally, it was noted that Suleimani’s popularity had taken a dive in the months and years before his death, evidenced by the protests in Iraq and Lebanon over Iran’s growing influence.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

A shooting star, maybe.

[RummyChick]

OMG..this may be the funniest post of the day for me.

[Grimmy]

“Twenty faces to look out for in 2020.”

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That was good advice regarding that general. I’m sure bits and pieces of that face were moving at very high velocities.

[MAGA2017]

Well, for a few moments he burned like a star, I suppose.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

Now that’s just funny right there . . . a great way to start the year . . . a dead terrorist and a funny thread about it!

[mass55th]

He was just getting his life together. He wanted to be a rapper.

[GaryCrow]

"the Times of London named now-deceased Iranian General Qassem Suleimani to its list of “Twenty faces to look out for in 2020."

I think his face is laying somewhere on the other side of the airport fence.

[kaehurowing]

Well, he was rising, I’ll give you that.

[Pilgrim's Progress]

>>>“Twenty faces to look out for in 2020.”<<<

Well, Qassem’s face alone could be 20 faces.

[mumblypeg]

Yep, I L0L’d at the part where it says:

“..even the smartest operators can suffer hubris”.

[dblshot]

To the Greeks, hubris referred to extreme pride, especially pride and ambition so great that they offend the gods and lead to one's downfall.
even the smartest operators can suffer hubris
Well I guess we have a new level of hubris here.

[EvilCapitalist]

Well, Britain is an Islamic country now, so I guess this makes sense.

[Sooth2222]

...proving that rising stars often burn out quickly.

(At least they can say that he managed to quit smoking in 2020.)

[beethovenfan]

“Ooops, strike that one!”

[henbane]

. . . [Suleiman] was the link man to Hezbollah in Lebanon and it was he who masterminded the strategy whereby a “resistance” movement based on Shia militias bombed and shot British and American troops out of Iraq.

Some nasty little gloat oozing from Robert Spencer's pie-hole in this carefully crafted description.

[Who is John Galt?]

Any chance Nancy Pelosi is on the list, too?

;^)

[exDemMom]

Moving on, Spencer writes that the Iranian general was already well-known to intelligence agencies as “the guiding force of Iran’s cross-border operations.”

Well, then. Looks like taking him out might have great impact.

[Widget Jr]

You would think the British would appreciate the irony.

[Grampa Dave]

He became past tense! I have been posting this meme since the Salami was killed.

After my second cup of coffee this morning, I had just about come to what was posted below:

:^) The reason our enemies and trade rivals are emboldened IS the impeachment. All Demagogic Party trash belongs at the end of a rope.

These terrorist Iranian top dogs figured, wrongly, that they could attack our embassy and worse without any reaction from an impeached president.

They planned to put President Trump into a Jimmy Carter mode after they seized our embassy in Iran.

Trump's response, panicked them and they descended into Iraq to plan more problems for our president and Iraq.

Which Iranian terrorist wants to be next up for his 72 virgins.