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Soleimani's enigmatic successor vows revenge on US
The Hill ^ | 2 Feb 2020 | Laura Kelly

Posted on 02/02/2020 7:38:01 AM PST by Steely Tom

The Trump administration has trained its eye on the new leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds force, but may have a hard time targeting a commander expert in delegating behind the scenes and operating below the surface.

Esmail Qaani, a bespectacled, gray-haired 62-year-old man, assumed the top post in Iran’s primary foreign operations military wing just hours after the U.S. drone strike that killed his predecessor, Gen. Qassem Soleimani, on Jan. 3.

Emerging from the background, Qaani’s first major public appearance came standing near Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Jan. 6 as he delivered a tearful eulogy at the funeral for the dead commander.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: iran; soleimani
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To: Steely Tom

***NEEEEEXXT!!***


21 posted on 02/02/2020 8:21:18 AM PST by Spacetrucker (George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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““The biggest problem we have right now is that it’s not entirely clear what the Trump administration wants or what the strategy is,” Pletka added. “The problem is there are a lot of mixed signals coming out of the administration.”

Exactly. So what is your point? Naive is not a city in France.


22 posted on 02/02/2020 8:37:58 AM PST by Portcall24
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To: Steely Tom

23 posted on 02/02/2020 9:16:44 AM PST by doug from upland (Why the hell isn't Hillary Rodham Clinton in prison yet?)
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To: Magnum44

the beat down is going to be epic and more than deserved.


Since turning Iran to glass is what they deserve, what could be more than that?


24 posted on 02/02/2020 9:27:36 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Steely Tom
SPJNK1,500,000,000. All of them.
25 posted on 02/02/2020 9:32:17 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: doug from upland

ELIMINATE him NOW.

Don’t wait around a wasted week as was done with the Chinese virus.


26 posted on 02/02/2020 9:33:15 AM PST by Surrounded_too
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To: Steely Tom

He better be enigmatic, REAL enigmatic. His other choice is ‘dead’.


27 posted on 02/02/2020 9:37:38 AM PST by TalBlack (Damn right I'll "do something" you fat, balding son of a bitc)
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To: Steely Tom

Say hello to Soleimani when you join him in hell.


28 posted on 02/02/2020 9:39:34 AM PST by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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To: LIConFem

It doesn’t always take a hellfire missile. Surely the guy travels around occasionally. A Mosad agent on a motor scooter rides by Qani’s limo and places a magnetized bomb onto the side of the limo and zips away through the traffic. Seconds later, it’s Goodnight Irene. Lots of other ways, as well.


29 posted on 02/02/2020 9:42:24 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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To: Steely Tom

The reason Soleimani was so effective was that he constantly traveled all over the region.
............
I think the next major attack will be in Africa.


30 posted on 02/02/2020 9:42:56 AM PST by gandalftb
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To: Tucker39

Hellfire (or similar) missiles are easier, and don’t put friendly lives in danger. But then, I’m not nearly so concerned with the means as I am with the results.


31 posted on 02/02/2020 9:47:10 AM PST by LIConFem (I will no longer accept the things I cannot change. it's time to change the things I cannot accept.)
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To: LIConFem

Roger that.


32 posted on 02/02/2020 9:51:00 AM PST by Tucker39 ("It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington)
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33 posted on 02/02/2020 10:40:22 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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To: kempster

“I suggest he does it deep in the bowels of a bunker or cave.”

Ah, just like Buttgiggity...


34 posted on 02/02/2020 10:47:23 AM PST by polymuser (It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and so few by deceit. Noel Coward)
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To: Steely Tom

Clearly in the terroris world now - they’re all aware now that we could kill them - anytime - anywhere in the world - in about one second

And what we are seeing around the world now , is the people understanding that Trump has their back when they take on the totalitarian dictator


35 posted on 02/02/2020 10:47:59 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: Tucker39

Ding ding ding!

You get the prize!

This is the world you have to live in now if you want to be one terrorist


36 posted on 02/02/2020 10:49:15 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guv mint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: aquila48

Huh. Looks a bit like Spencer Tracy, with a beard.


37 posted on 02/02/2020 10:49:20 AM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrats' John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom
Leave your Iran safe space and go to Iraq like your predecessor. I dare you.


38 posted on 02/02/2020 12:07:36 PM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: Steely Tom

"Esmail Qaani, a bespectacled, gray-haired 62-year-old man"

Soleimani was also a bespectacled, gray-haired 62-year-old man...

39 posted on 02/06/2020 10:24:39 AM PST by G8 Diplomat
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