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Iranian terrorist commander Qasem Soleimani was killed last night by U.S. forces. And that is a very, very good thing.
“Pentagon launched airstrike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, Defense Sec. Mark Esper says.
Esper said Thursday night that Soleimani was ‘actively developing plans’ to attack US troops and diplomats.The killing of a senior figure linked to Tehran’s support for foreign proxy groups is certain to heighten tensions between the United States and Iran.”
Keep in mind, this is just mere days after our U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was stormed and militant protestor terrorists financially supported and led by Soleimani and others tried to pull a 1979 embassy hostage takeover.
President Trump took one look and said NUTS! He deployed our Marines in response and, what do you know, said terrorist militants went into retreat!
Obama administration folks went bat shit crazy and clutched pearls all over the place. Their Iran Deal was AWESOME! This move by Trump is harshing their deal!
Oh, too bad. I’m thrilled that major terrorist leaders from Iran are dead and two others from Hezbollah are captured.
Here’s how the Washington Post initially framed the story:
Breaking news: Airstrike at Baghdad airport kills Iran’s most revered military leader, Qasem Soleimani, Iraqi state television reports https://t.co/NbZW4DaWvD
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 3, 2020
Kind of better than the “austere religious scholar” I guess. Yeah. No. But CNN even goes with the “most revered” bit.
The thing is, the embassy attack wasn’t just because of “mourners” as our media portrayed it. No, this is something that has been brewing for quite some time. The sanctions against Iran have hurt them, to the tune of $200 billion dollars. Which has completely hurt the country’s economy and the citizens who have to deal with the fact that they live with a government who chooses the terrorism industry over taking care of their own.
They weren’t the only ones. Ben Rhodes is supremely pissed off that this is happening:
There are real world consequences to having Trump as President. They are becoming increasingly clear and he is the one who is going to have to navigate incredibly complicated and dangerous messes of his own creation. This is not reality TV.
— Ben Rhodes (@brhodes) January 3, 2020
He has warnings for us all!!
As does Tommy Vietor.
Strikes on KH targets led to the breach of our embassy in Baghdad. If the US did this, the response from Iran will likely be exponentially greater. Is there a plan to keep our personnel in the region safe? Soleimani is a pos but this seems insane. https://t.co/Sqj0FjNLez
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) January 3, 2020
Guess what, guys? You handed the scorpion a major deal plus boatloads of cash that, quite frankly, didn’t belong to them. IMO, once the terrorists deposed the Shah, all monies were forfeit. Yet Iran was handed pallets of cash by the Obama Administration for a deal that Iran never had any intentions of adhering to. So I have exactly zero sympathy for you.
Furthermore, Soleimani and his pals were responsible for funding weaponry including IEDs that killed hundreds of American soldiers. That doesn’t matter to Senator Chris Murphy. He did a crap ton of fence straddling ending with him sitting on a pointy piece of barbed wire last night.
It is so very interesting that Obama administration folks are now crying in their cheerios and sounding warnings about Iran’s potential reactions. Project Cassandra, anyone?
You know what? We have known since 1979 that Iran hates the United States with a passion. We have known that Iran is seeking any and every which way they can to undermine our Republic and kill us. Their desire to do so is embedded in their genes.
Yet the Obama Administration thought they could tame the scorpion and undo centuries of hatred by appeasement, a deal that Iran never adhered to, and pallets of cash.
Remember that time, during the Iran Deal negotiations and just after, when American military vessels were captured? I do.
Remember Iran flouting the deal while negotiations were under way? I do.
Remember Iran imprisoning women who were courageously throwing off their oppressive hijabs? I do.
Yet here we are with major two major Iranian terrorists becoming ashes and dust, along with two others captured by our U.S. Marines. Something to celebrate, right? YES!
Unless you are a former member and fan of the Obama Administration.
Two major members of Iran’s terror organization are now deader than dead. Two others, Qais Khazali of Iraq’s Hezbollah chapter and Hadi Al Ameri (whose father or himself was a welcome visitor to the Obama White House), were captured by our Marines.
Pundits like Tom Nichols and former Obama admins, including Joe Biden, are all sounding the alarm. Trump doesn’t know what he is doing! Ted Cruz is right. Why the outrage?
You know what? Pandering to scorpions and snakes only gets you MORE scorpions and snakes. Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns and shoot the damned snake.
I’m fully aware that Iran will potentially retaliate. But again, pandering to the scorpion means that eventually the sting means death.
Certain scorpion terrorists, specifically Iranian terrorist Quds Commander Qasem Soleimani, were killed and captured last night and that is a damned good thing!
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GWB says: militant protestor terrorists
You forgot the airquotes around “protester”.
ape bat shit crazy
A whole new level of freaked out!
There are real world consequences to having Trump as President.
And most of us have been looking forward to those consequences. Especially those the Iranian Quds Force leader suffered last night.
This is not reality TV.
It’s ironic, isn’t it? The reality tv star is a better president than the guy who treated it like a reality tv show (and didn’t even have the qualifications to star in one).
Strikes on KH targets led to the breach of our embassy in Baghdad.
No. If you can’t even follow a chain of causality back to its origin, you have ZERO credibility opining on foreign policy.
The strikes on KH targets were caused by their attacks on us. And those attacks were driven by our refusal to allow Iran to dominate the region with their terrorism and islamist apocalyptic vision.
a deal that Iran never had any intentions of adhering to
Let’s acknowledge that they were going to abide by enough of it to keep their useful idiots happy. And appear to abide by the rest of it. Mostly.
Soleimani and his pals were responsible for funding weaponry including IED’s that killed hundreds of American soldiers
Disagree slightly. The first wave (at least) of shaped charges for IEDs were actually produced in Iran. It wasn’t just funding. They built them in Iran, then trucked them across to deliver to the insurgents (read “Iranian-backed terrorists”).
And it’s yet one more thing I hold against Bush – not blowing up at least a factory to let them know not to interfere.
Iran hates the United States
Let’s rather state that the regime of the mullahs hate the US, with some measure of support from their people. A goodly chunk of Iranians would love to be liberated from them.
a welcome visitor to the Obama White House
Well, he was a community organizer, you know, just like his pal Ayers. May he get what Ayers should have gotten.
Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns and shoot the damned snake.
Are your bulls semi-automatic? What caliber do they fire? Or is it a Taurus Judge?
(Now I’m wondering if they make a Taurus with horn grips…….)
I’m glad this was done. It quite simply states “Stop poking the eagle.” And, if something larger is at stake, I hope Trump ups the bet significantly and blows the hell out of an IRGC* site. Just levels it with a B52 run (after bringing down their AA defense network). Then tweets out “You know, we have plenty more of those, and lots more besides. Do the smart thing and STAY DOWN.”
GWB says: (* I can never remember if it’s IRGC or IRCG or something else.)
Dietrich says: One word, “Hallelujah!”
GWB says: One of the important things to note: the Dem reactions are identical to the malarkey stupid people say about bullies.
“Oh no, you can’t fight them. Fighting is bad. And it only makes the bully angrier.”
And we all know how that turns out……
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