Arguably more important than Bin Laden. Sure, Bin Laden got his well deserved comeuppance but by the time they ‘found’ him he was likely not in operational control of anything beyond his harem. Soleimani was highly active and responsible for far more deaths in total, including some 650 American servicepeople (and thousands more injured) in Iraq and untold others all around the region including thousands of civilians.
It shows what a sickness that Obama’s deal with Iran was. And it puts Europe on notice to stop coddling that regime, that the regime needs to fall. I hope it does not lead to an intractable war. But the Iranian people deserve a chance to vote those religious fanatics out of office and Obama gave them a huge shot in the arm. A single party election, like in China, is barely a pretense to democratic principles.
Good points.