What Qassim Soleimani's killing means
Washington Examiner,
by
Tom Rogan
Original Article
Posted By: MissMolly,
1/3/2020 4:53:08 AM
The U.S. killing of Qassim Soleimani In Baghdad on Thursday ends an enduring threat. At least in the short term, however, it will unleash Iranian retaliation. The leader of the external action arm of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Soleimani long led that regime's efforts to destroy its enemies and expand its revolution.
From an explosive campaign that killed hundreds of U.S. soldiers in Iraq, to supporting Bashar Assad's regime with legions of Shiite fighters and IRGC operatives, to conducting a campaign of bombings and assassinations and intimidation across the world, Soleimani was a master of his very dark arts. He was a serious
Reply 1 - Posted by:
PChristopher 1/3/2020 5:33:33 AM (No. 277146)
I'm sure Kerry, Obama and Clinton will get their mouths into it somehow. They'll side with the terrorists, of course.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MissGrits 1/3/2020 6:03:51 AM (No. 277159)
What it means is ... he’s DEAD!
And cause he is a Muslim, in 24 hours ... he will be GONE, BURIED!
Good riddance!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
HPmatt 1/3/2020 6:24:26 AM (No. 277163)
Didn’t loo like there was much to bury...a few bbq’d martyr bones - families of thousands of his victims cry out in joy of justice.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
dman 1/3/2020 6:46:38 AM (No. 277177)
It means: no more playing "nice". Don't mess with the USofA.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Venturer 1/3/2020 7:15:47 AM (No. 277201)
He had to leave Iran where he was safe and go to see how his boys were doing in Iraq.
Big mistake.
If he had stayed in Iran he would still be alive.
That fact and the Ayatollah Assahola taunting Trump about he could do nothing got him splattered around the Iraqui countryside.
Theres a new Sherriff in town. Obama has left the WH.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Gruntmedic 1/3/2020 7:16:04 AM (No. 277202)
If they do,he may send missles into top Mulluahs bedroom.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
nina584 1/3/2020 7:24:44 AM (No. 277210)
This strike means we know very specifics of all Iranian generals and ayatollahs. If I was the big ayatollah I would be in a cave very deep in the ground.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Strike3 1/3/2020 7:27:52 AM (No. 277214)
We'll get the usual bluster from the wrapped-up heads in Tehran but they will think about it long and hard before they make any more aggressive moves. There's something about being targeted from the sky that puts the fear of God into you. God, not allah.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rinktum 1/3/2020 7:28:07 AM (No. 277215)
This President has learned from the mistakes of his predecessors in dealing with the Middle East. He is a smart guy with the moxie to match and is not going to sit back and allow our people or facilities to be attacked. Well done, Mr. President. Hit them hard. He is also savvy enough to get out of the political sandquick that is the Middle East. No more nation building. Let them handle their own messes. We cannot force our values on a group of people whose values are an anathema to ours. It is an exercise in futility.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
F15 Gork 1/3/2020 7:28:15 AM (No. 277216)
I love the smell of dead Jihadi in the morning....... it smells like Victory!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
BaldGuy 1/3/2020 7:38:34 AM (No. 277224)
thanks #12....I remember one of the choppers in the movie said "Death from above"....perfect.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
HicoKid 1/3/2020 7:49:50 AM (No. 277236)
I like the way Trump thinks: use the intelligence, decapitate the leadership and get it over with.
#8, from Gulf War 1 we have penetrator weapons that will go through at least 30 ft of concrete and detonate. Made from cannon barrels with strap-on wings, it only took us 45 days to deploy that weapon. Unfortunately, Saddam Hussein wasn't home. There's no telling what capabilities we have now.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
globalwarmer 1/3/2020 7:52:56 AM (No. 277238)
Could disrupt oil flow ? They've been doing that already . Thank goodness for fracking !
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
stablemoney 1/3/2020 7:57:12 AM (No. 277242)
It looks like there is something that Trump can do about it. As for retaliation, there will be retaliation against any retaliation, 10 times over.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
hershey 1/3/2020 9:02:21 AM (No. 277313)
Hellfire from the skies...this President ain't Obamamuzzie or that wimp Hillary....send em all to meet Allah....
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Saryden 1/3/2020 9:08:40 AM (No. 277326)
Note to author: It is far better to stop the disease than to cope with its effects forever. Face that Islam wants to rule the world; and that would be most dreadful on women, children, all humanity. The evidence is all around the world at present. Thank God for our Commander-in-Chief, military, police, and first responders ... wise and brave all!
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/3/2020 9:22:32 AM (No. 277335)
Isn’t it amazing (not) that the left is squealing with outrage about this killing after they bowed down at 0bama’s feet as if he had killed bin Laden himself? This guy was just as deadly, just as evil, and his killing is a blessing to the whole world.
We provoke Iran by simply breathing, but any retaliation will be met with hell raining down on the mullahs. Now we need to take out their nuclear facilities. I’m sure that we know exactly where they are.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 1/3/2020 9:25:32 AM (No. 277340)
It means there's now an opening for the "Leader of the Revolutionary Guard 'Corpse'," which won't be a good career move for the one selected.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
bighambone 1/3/2020 9:43:55 AM (No. 277360)
The fact that the Iranian General and his staff were openly entering and traveling around Iraq, at the same time planning to kill and killing Americans, should tell you something about serious weaknesses in the Iraqi Government. On the other side of that coin the intelligence as to the exact place where those Iranians would be at a time certain had to come from an Iraqi faction that is friendly to the USA.
That Iranian General who is known to be responsible for the deaths of over 600 members of the US military by supplying Iraqi dissidents with many forms of powerful munitions, some of which could blow up heavy armored vehicles. As a terrorist leader of a terrorist organization with global reach that Iranian General should have been taken out years ago, but instead the prior US Administration appeased him and Iran, thus giving him essentially a wink and a nod and the OK to keep killing Americans. Not anymore!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 1/3/2020 9:50:55 AM (No. 277371)
Trump Akbar
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
qr4j 1/3/2020 9:54:13 AM (No. 277378)
The barbarians of Iran (I am not saying all Iranians are barbarians, mind you) are going to attack America no matter what we do. Treating Iran with kid gloves does no good in the long term. It is better to deal with Iran head-on whenever strategically possible. Some are worried about escalation? Feh. Was gonna happen anyway, but perhaps more slowly.
And remember: Obama sent pallets of cold, hard cash to Iran to appease its terrorist government. Wire transfers to the Iranian regime are illegal, so he sent Euros and actual dollars instead. What a terrorist tool!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 1/3/2020 9:57:38 AM (No. 277381)
After 18 years of playing war and killing everybody BUT the real enemy, we finally hit a hole-in-one (pun intended) and got a #1 perpetrator.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Watlines1 1/3/2020 10:06:03 AM (No. 277389)
President Trump has changed the war game with Iran from chess to chicken.
Guess who will blink first?
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
hurricanegirl 1/3/2020 10:12:56 AM (No. 277396)
Wow! These snowflakes with their hair on fire over this murderer's death must be related to Neville Chamberlain, who had no problem handing over entire countries to appease Hitler.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Pete Stone 1/3/2020 10:34:05 AM (No. 277423)
Ding dong, the ba***rd's dead!
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 1/3/2020 10:59:20 AM (No. 277469)
Yes, it means he is dead and long gone. Meanwhile, fellow Americans and Israelis, I would heed the President's advice and get the hell out of Iraq and Iran.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
slsusnr 1/3/2020 11:52:07 AM (No. 277556)
I read a fascinating book recently. "Hunter Killer: Inside America's Unmanned Air War," by T. Mark McCurley. We're tracking these bastards, and the Prez just has to make the call to shoot, and a laser-guided Hellfire missile is on the way from a Predator or Reaper.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/3/2020 12:32:28 PM (No. 277598)
Lindsey Graham is right. Next we go for Iran’s oil refineries. Keeping their oil in the ground will help our European allies meet the Paris Climate Accord targets.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
GoodDeal 1/3/2020 12:38:00 PM (No. 277607)
From the looks of the wreckage of the vehicle he was riding in, looks that there are no dead bodies lying around. The car seems to have suffered four flat tires and the interior got a little burned and the car audio system probably isn’t working. However the passengers, being at ground zero of the warhead of the Hellfire missile detonation were apparently pretty much vaporized instantly. Clean up of the bodies will be by a fire hose rinsing the street down the gutter to the storm drain for a proper burial. Sadly the car drivers wife is really mad because he didn’t make it home for dinner that night.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
RedWhite&Blue2 1/3/2020 12:59:11 PM (No. 277636)
I stand and salute our Conmander-in-Chief!
No more Benghazi’s!!!!!
This is WHO we are!
This is how we respond to evil terrorists!
You don’t like it? LEAVE!
God bless our President!
God bless our American patriots!
Veterans for Trump 2020
More please!
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
cvarga 1/3/2020 3:40:32 PM (No. 277809)
It means 50 years of "Death to America" from Iran finally got the answer they deserved. Better missiles at night than pallets of money.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
NotaBene 1/3/2020 5:14:39 PM (No. 277893)
Joy to the World. Trump is crushing our enemies. Now talking to Hispanic Pastors in Miami.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
udanja99 1/3/2020 6:39:07 PM (No. 277952)
May I quote the odious Felonia von Pantsuit...
We came. We saw. He died. Teehee.
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