Posted on 01/05/2020 3:06:19 AM PST by Kaslin
It’s odd how the political left cheers America’s shortcomings and mourns its victories.
The United States killed the top terrorist on the planet Thursday, and Democrats were…upset. Perhaps “upset” is too vague, they were a combination of angry and scared.
They were angry that President Trump ordered an air strike on Qassem Soleimani, a man responsible for the deaths of more than 600 American soldiers and thousands more wounded. They tried to pretend they were glad he was dead, that he deserved to die, but their quick condemnation of the action that took him out exposed what they were really thinking. Any statement on the death of a terrorist leader containing the word “but” is not a good statement.
Weirdly, the people who use the word “justice” most often saw no justice in the death of a man who’s been killing innocent people for their whole lives. Ilhan Omar reacted the way someone would when their childhood hero passes away, then tried to fundraise off of it because anti-Americanism translates into cash on the left.
Rashida Tlaib warned about a “lawless President recklessly moves us closer to yet another unnecessary war that puts innocent lives at risk.” She expressed no concerns for the innocent lives Soleimani had taken over his career.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whined that “the President engaged in what is widely being recognized as an act of war against Iran, one that now risks the lives of millions of innocent people.” The girl who saw “concentration camps” on our southern border has her head so far up where last night’s dinner resides that she can’t see the death right in front of her.
While all of these people, and all of their fellow travelers in Congress and the media, lament that the killing of a man actively murdering people will only lead to more murder, what do they think leaving him alive would’ve done? Did they think he was getting bored of killing and was about to take up knitting?
Nancy Pelosi seems to think so, saying the killing “risks provoking further dangerous escalation of violence.” That implies that to her and Democrats there is an acceptable level of killing Americans by foreign powers. “Fine, you can kill 50-75 Americans per year, but don’t go too far beyond that or we might issue a scathing statement and start a hashtag against you, depending on who the president is” is not a foreign policy strategy.
It’s hard to tell if they, and every Democrat running for president (all of whom issued “It’s good he’s dead, but…” statements of their own) actually believe what they’re saying, or if they simply oppose the action because President Trump did it. Neither option is good for the country.
If they oppose it because Trump did it, they’re worse people than we thought. Those who were on the national stage at the time the Obama administration decided to attack Libya were hypocritically silent then (with the possible exception of Sanders, who tried to have his cake and eat it too on the issue). Muammar Gaddafi was no longer a threat to the US or our interest, having abandoned his weapons of mass destruction program after the invasion of Iraq. But Obama and then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton needed something to show they were in support of the so-called “Arab Spring.” Rather than stand with the people of Iran in opposition of the largest sponsor of terrorism in the world, Obama and Clinton decided to stand against Gaddafi under the guise of “he might use his air force to bomb civilians.”
Never mind the fact that Iran was using their military to kill their civilians (while also killing Americans in Iraq), Obama wanted a “deal” with Iran on nuclear weapons, so he ignored the uprising there until it was all but squashed.
They bombed the hell out of Libya instead, for months, until Gaddafi was captured and killed. Then they walked away, claiming some kind of moral victory while leaving a failed state in their wake which became a bastion for more radicalism.
Obama got his deal with Iran (ensuring they wouldn’t develop a nuke until enough time had passed that he wouldn’t get the blame when they did), a deal that included the lifting of sanctions against Soleimani personally, making his life infinitely better while he continued to mastermind the murder of more Americans and innocent people in the region.
It was a deal with the devil for a foreign policy legacy and to shore up his shortcomings in the area and a failed stint as Secretary of State for his chosen successor. It was purely and nakedly political, and the people fretting now were cheering then.
The death of Soleimani is a victory for the world, and Donald Trump did it. All Barack Obama did was give Iran enough cash to fund their terror chief’s actions. Donald Trump put him out of business.
All the pearl-clutching over the idea that this could lead to war with Iran is ridiculous. Leftists like to pretend Iran is a serious military power, but outside their weak neighbors, they are not.
In 1990, and again in 2003, we were inundated with stories of how strong the Iraqi military was; how both impending fights were going too long and protracted, and could go either way. We rolled over them, both times. Politicians lost the aftermath, but the fighting was a decisive victory. That Iraqi military, particularly the 1990 version, had fought the Iranian military to a draw for nearly a decade. Being the strongest military in the region means little against the strongest military in the history of the planet.
We should be weary of pushing regime change in Iran for the simple reason that the politicians here would screw it up the way they always have, but have no doubt that our military could wipe the sand with the Iranian military, if they had to. Iran knows this.
They’ll strike back, or at least try, by continuing to support terrorism. Thanks to Obama and Clinton, they have plenty of cash with which to do it. But you don’t refuse to take out the man organizing attacks against Americans because it could lead to attacks against Americans; that makes no sense. You kill him, and if his successor picks up where he left off, you kill him too. Lather, rinse, repeat as necessary. Everyone who holds that job should live in fear of what is in the air above them.
Inaction hasn’t worked, appeasement hasn’t worked, giving them hundreds of billions of dollars didn’t buy any good will. Maybe killing their leader will have an impact. It certainly can’t hurt.
As for regime change, that has to come from within. The people of Iran have been standing up, maybe this will embolden them further. When they do stand up, we should stand with them, even give them aid. But any fighting inside Iran to overthrow their government should be done by Iranians – earning freedom is the only true way to appreciate it to the point that you’re willing to protect it.
But if Iran wants to fight elsewhere, if Iran wants to continue to kill Americans, they’re now on notice that there will be a price to pay for it. Not a price paid by anonymous soldiers or by the bombing of oil fields or barracks emptied after being warned that a missile is coming. The price is to be paid by those making the decisions – the sudden separation of their body parts from each other of the people who inflicted the same on innocent people. In other words: justice.
We’re the United States of America, our enemies should fear how we’ll react if they attack us, not the other way around. Iran won’t like it, but it may change their behavior. Democrats don’t like it and nothing will change their behavior, which tells you all you need to know about them. There is something fundamentally wrong with that.
They always pray for America’s failure, and always side with America’s enemies.
They are Godless.
Democrats fear that Americans will rally to the Donald and strengthen his political position. In the past, killing America’s enemies proved popular.
Iran would lose big in a tit for tat exchange with the US. Better now than when they have a nuke,
Soleimani was more like a feudal war lord who accumulated power, jealously guarded his position and eliminated any and all rivals. He intentionally made himself indispensable and impossible to be replaced by not delegating power or control
He was also a brilliant and capable leader which is rare in the region who kept much of his operation secret, even from the rest of Iranian leaders
More than a little of Irans terror network died with him and Iran will be hard pressed to replace him with anyone near his capabilities
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<< It’s hard to tell if they, and every Democrat running for president (all of whom issued “It’s good he’s dead, but…” statements of their own) actually believe what they’re saying, or if they simply oppose the action because President Trump did it. >>
The latter. If Soleimani were instead taken out during a Dem admin they — the media, Dem pols, loudmouthed activists, etc. — would all be in celebration mode. Their reaction is a politically reflexive one, as it is to everything. No thinking necessary.
The author assumes Democrats are Americans.
Iran put a new general in. Looks like a college professor.
You had to post a reply, no matter how stupid it is, didn’t you?
Democrats are VILE, EVIL, VICIOUS, LYING DESTROYERS of GOOD PEOPLE!!
YOU had to post a reply because you are a troll didn’t you. Democratesare at best the pit bulls of the human race, nice one day until something sets them off and they bite anyone and everything around them. Or they just plain hate you for living.
They are Godless.
These vile people behave as foreign agents of terrorist, rogue states. They hate everything about America: our religious past, the Constitution, our military, free markets, and everything else that makes this nation great.
Your reply to me makes absolutely no sense, unless you agree with the vile Democrats, or you just want to foster a childish argument.
“Democrats fear that Americans will rally to the Donald and strengthen his political position.”
Agree. That they cheered when Obama or Clinton did the same spotlights their hypocrisy.
Progressives (Democrats) are adult children — adult bodies housing adolescent intellects. They are shallow, emotional and mean.
Important point to never forget: to a Muslim, ONLY FELLOW MUSLIMS ARE "INNOCENT". Non Muslims are all guilty of rejecting Islam, by which we all merit death or enslavement. She was only concerned about Muslim deaths.
“It’s hard to tell if they, and every Democrat running for president (all of whom issued “It’s good he’s dead, but…” statements of their own) actually believe what they’re saying, or if they simply oppose the action because President Trump did it.”
Not to me. It’s rather clear when you first note that they attacked Trump as impotent after our embassy attack last week, and then when Trump seems to do as they wanted (i.e., send a message), they then blame Trump for being reckless.
The country and the world has to get used to at least another year of non-stop attempts to undercut Trump. But, thankfully, that just gives Trump more opportunities to show everyone just who they are.
They said the same about Iraq in '02. We rolled through Iraq like it was a wet paper bag. And that was after we shipped our assets halfway around the world to do it.
That right there has to have the Iranian moolahz quaking in their slippers...
Please accept my apology.
“If they oppose it because Trump did it, they’re worse people than we thought.”
Speak for yourself, Derek. If you PAID ANY ATTENTION to the Democrats during the past 50 years, this behavior would not surprise you one bit.
Why do you think we ended up with Trump in the first place? ANSWER: Because literally every other Republican leader believed that the Democrats were, overall, ‘good people’, and also wanted what was best for the country*.
Thank God for Trump, because people like Derek are FINALLY coming around to what many, perhaps most of us have known for these 50 years regarding Democrats.
*One of the things that NeverTrumpers and Democrats cannot get through their thick heads is there was NO ONE in Republican Party, even in the grass roots, who wanted Trump to run (there was no ‘draft-Trump’ movement, none). He was a tabloid material clown, and we didn’t need him. For many, probably most of us, we only moved to Trump after he said things we liked, and rather than affirming what he said, literally EVERY other Republican running attacked him and, more importantly, attacked his positions. At that point we knew the other ones running were pathetic and only pandering for votes...so Trump became our default candidate (and Thank God).
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