Posted on 01/08/2020 9:47:51 AM PST by ConservativeMan55
Dictators are known to kill off those below them who amass too much power.
What if the Mullahs set the General up? They could have sent word to Trump or put him in a very vulnerable position.
You know Iran knows where the leaders of their country are at all times.
They get the General killed. They lob some missiles at a base housing mostly Iraqis. They purposefully avoid casualties. And they get to stay in power.
Possible but I think more likely Israel, Syria, Russia who are sick and tired of the Islamo Nazis.
I was thinking the exact same thing. Would not surprise me in the least if “concerned parties” in Iran let the US know exactly when Soleimani would be landing.
It would be a good way to eliminate a powerful military leader without risking the military deposing the clergy.
this should be tweeted out by Trump,,,,watch the sharks in the water
Nah. Soleil-Moon was very easy to track. He was purposely, politically brazen about that. Punky you might say.
No. He was the opposite of any threat to them. If you think of the Mullah’s like a head, the Quds Force general was part of their eyes, their ears, their arms and their legs. The Mullahs are not suicidal and he was not vying to replace them or be over them - he was in lock step with them on all they jointly sought to do.
I am pretty sure Iran did not want that guy dead. He’s been their underground proxy war and terrorist coordinator for years. By all their twisted expectations, I expect he was good at what they wanted him to do. Iran has been pretty effective with their spread of evil and he was apparently the guy in charge of those efforts. They named a successor pretty quickly which means they aren’t planning for any organizational change in direction or efforts.
It would be great if the next guy were to be Clintonized in the next 48 hours.
But if he was working behind the scenes to overthrow them and they found out
Based on several media reports, it seems we've been keeping a pretty close eye on him and monitoring his travels. We seem to know his itinerary over the past few weeks leading up to his landing in Baghdad. I'm guessing our intelligence folks are still hard at work and this is a successful operation for them.
You gotta wonder...
Sollemani has been part of the Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps for a long time rising up the ranks to become the head of their expeditionary force Quds Force. He was 100% committed to the Mullahs.
In this case, the simple answer is the best. Solemani got arrogant, believe all the press clippings about him, saw how the US did nothing to him for the past decade or more as he led Iran’s efforts to dominate the region.
This is what my thoughts are that the Mullahs wanted him GONE, he was getting to big for his britches!!!
we need to start a “get stoned and think up the wildest conspiracy theory” contest.
the most productive freepers seem to come from the “black helicopter” corner these days.
What a sense of humor. Our President sent an advance warning to the Salami guy. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!
https://twitter.com/i/status/1214969175195574272
My little internal voice has been whispering that this whole scenario is scripted and planned out. Trying to drag Trump into a war for the sake of politics.
I think they know how to pasteurize a guy w/o doing that. So, no, I don’t think along these byzantine lines.
But Iran can no longer afford these proxies he commanded.
They work for money and Iran’s broke.
Of course, they couldn’t remove the hero themselves.
Anyway, I think this is worth consideration. Though likely peripheral even if true.
Number one or two in the country might have had him killed so that he’s not a threat to them.
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