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The Case for Killing Qassim Suleimani. The strike was justified and legally sound.
Opinion | The Case for Killing Qassim Suleimani - The New York Times
January 10, 2020 ~ By Tom Cotton
Last week, our military and intelligence services brought justice to Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s terror mastermind. President Trump ordered General Suleimani’s killing after months of attacks on Americans by Iran’s proxy forces in Iraq. These attacks culminated in a rocket strike that killed an American and wounded others, then the attempted storming of our embassy in Baghdad. The first attack crossed the red line drawn by the president last summer — that if Iran harmed an American, it would face severe consequences. The president meant what he said, as Mr. Suleimani learned the hard way. Mr. Suleimani’s killing was justified, legal and strategically sound. But the president’s critics swarmed as usual. After the embassy attack, a Democratic senator declared that the president had “rendered America impotent.” Some Democrats then pivoted after the Suleimani strike, calling him “reckless” and “dangerous.” Those are the words of Senator Elizabeth Warren, who also described Mr. Suleimani — the leader of a State Department-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization plotting to kill American troops — as a “senior foreign military official.” Senator Bernie Sanders likened America’s killing of a terrorist on the battlefield to Vladimir Putin’s assassination of Russian political dissidents.
Some Democrats seem to feel a strange regret for the killing of a monster who specialized in killing Americans. The linguist his proxies killed on Dec. 27, Nawres Hamid, was merely his last victim out of more than 600 in Iraq since 2003. His forces have instigated attacks against our troops in Afghanistan. He plotted a (foiled) bombing in Washington, D.C., and attempted attacks on the soil of our European allies. He armed the terrorist group Hezbollah in Lebanon with rockets to pummel the Jewish state of Israel.
Comment:
The underlying reason for this article is because the Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrat Left in this country have sold out America and the people that elected them and are more interested in getting Donald Trump, or any Republican, rather than rejoicing in doing good by ridding the world of this evil.
We all know, the theme of PMS/DSA Democrats has been to sympathize with Iran rather than to rejoice with America. The Democrat Party is truly despicable.
I was completely surprised that the NY Times would publish this article. Surely it will soon be pulled.
The killing of Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s terror mastermind, was both necessary and an act for peace not a precursor to conflict with Iran. That he continued to kill and destroy for this length of time was an abomination. The efficiency and swiftness of the decision and tactics are laudable as it occurred in Iraq where Suleimani was set to inflict more death and mayhem. Removing this individual provides a better opportunity for negotiating arms and trade agreements as Iran now comprehends the intentions and tolerance of the U.S.
Although Congress has had twisted underwear about the fact that Trump did not notify them of the attempt and successful killing of Suleimani. It appears that Trump was and is correct that had he notified the "gang of eight", Suleimani would have been made aware of the drone attack by Progressive Marxist Socialist/DSA Democrats.
Adam Schiff, Nancy Pelosi Mark Warner and Chuck Schumer... My money would be on Schiff that would have leaked the coming drone attack to the media and Suleimani...
