By Jason Charles on 1/8/2020 (4 years 349 days ago) War, Military, & Intelligence
Kenneth Pollack, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute says the assassination of General Soleimani is the equivalent of killing the 2nd highest ranking official in the nation. In a recent interview with VOX he commented on the Iranian Generals rank,
“ Jen Kirby: I guess a good place to start is Soleimani’s death. What would you guess was the immediate reaction or response within the Iranian regime to the news? Kenneth Pollack: Shock and anger, which is exactly what we saw. Honestly, Jen, when I heard about this Thursday evening, my immediate thought was, “Ooh, Iranians are going to be pissed.”
This guy was arguably the second-most-powerful man in Iran. He was almost certainly the most powerful Iranian figure in their foreign policy. He was widely respected within the Iranian leadership.”(VOX, 01/07/2020)
Correct me if I am wrong, Trump is the first President to openly claim credit for the assassination of a foreign chief of state. Historically, heads of state are assassinated by the CIA as black budget operations, giving a president plausible deniability in the press. Trump in this case both admits responsibility for the strike and is actively taunting the Iranians with the death of their #2 on social media.
What president in their right mind would get on a public platform and brag about assassinating a head of state like Trump has done this last week, and then, on top of that, threaten 52 Iranian targets including cultural sites if they decide to respond with their own attacks?
If you think that is insane, hold onto your antidepressants, because it gets worse.
It is now being credibly reported that Trump personally called up the Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi and asked him to negotiate with Iran after the embassy attacks. Meaning he used the Iraqi Prime Minister to lure General Soleimani to Iraq under the false pretenses of peace negotiations.
In an article by the Daily Mail, in a report entitled, Iraqi prime minister says Qassem Soleimani was in Iraq to 'discuss de-escalating tensions between Iran and Saudis' when he was killed - and claims Trump had asked for help mediating talks after embassy attack, it details that AFTER the protests, Trump personally called the Iraqi Prime Minister, and requested that he bring Soleimani to the table to defuse the tensions between the Iraqi militia groups, Iran and Saudi forces patrolling for ISIS in the region.
“Abdul Mahdi said he worked hard to defuse tensions outside the embassy.
He said he went so far as to threaten to resign if the crowds did not disperse, according to Axios.
Abdul Mahdi even told Iraq's parliament that Trump thanked him for his efforts. He expressed disappointment that while the American president was grateful, he was also simultaneously planning an attack on Soleimani.
Soon after Trump made his request to Abdul Mahdi for mediation, US forces launched their drone strike on Friday killing Soleimani, the Iraqi leader was quoted as saying by National Public Radio.
Abdul Mahdi slammed the Americans on Sunday for what he called a ‘political assassination’ in targeting Soleimani.
Abdul Mahdi suggested that the Iranian military leader was in Baghdad as part of Iraqi-mediated negotiations with Iran’s main regional rival, Saudi Arabia.
He said that Soleimani was going to meet him on the same day that he was killed.
‘He came to deliver me a message from Iran, responding to the message we delivered from Saudi Arabia to Iran,’ Abdul Mahdi told The Washington Post.” (Daily Mail, 01/06/2020)
The dubious nature in which Trump himself worked to bring the Iranian General into a kill zone through pure chicanery and lies should force even the most hardened Trump supporter to give pause. What world leader would ever trust Trump and his word ever again at this point, seeing he is a lying, wicked, murderous tyrannt. His credibilty as a peace negotiator has been completely shot through in light of these new revelations.
You can sense the Iraqi Prime Ministers anger and bitter feelings of betrayal in his quotes above having been used in such a manner. Not only did Soleimani die as a result of that talk with Trump, but also one of his deputy chiefs of state was murdered also.
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis is getting very little media attention, he was a politician and deputy chief of the Popular Mobilisation Committee (Al-Hashd Al-Sha'abi). He worked with the Iranian, General Soliemani to patrol the Iraq/Iran border and kill ISIS fighters. Nobody has been more effective at reducing the spread of ISIS along the Iran and Iraq borders than these two.
An analysis of the impact of the assassination was done by the United States Institute of Peace, they state,
“Prior to last week, concerns about an ISIS resurgence in both Iraq and Syria were on the rise with increased reports of night-time raids, sleeper cells, and IED attacks. Already in the short term, the fallout from Soleimani’s death appears to have negative ramifications for the counter-ISIS campaign. Concerned about force protection, the U.S.-led Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has announced a suspension of its operations.
Meanwhile, Iraq’s parliament has issued a nonbinding resolution calling for the United States to withdraw its forces from Iraq. Should the United States decide or be forced to withdraw its forces from Iraq, the counter-ISIS campaign would suffer a significant blow. Operations in Syria would also be adversely impacted by a U.S. pullout from Iraq. ISIS would likely fill any power vacuums opened by a precipitous U.S. withdrawal to reconstitute itself.
Over the longer term, if Soleimani’s death provokes a deeper conflict between the United States and Iran, the resulting chaos and instability in both Syria and Iraq will benefit ISIS. The extremist group thrives under such conditions: it will exploit heightened sectarianism to seek additional recruits; prey on Sunni discontent in the wake of festering political and socioeconomic ills; and move into ungoverned spaces.” (UKIP, 01/07/2020)
Conclusion
Despite the myriad of times Trump has claimed credit for the destruction of ISIS, which all turned out to be documented lies, he singlehandedly has set the fight against ISIS back decades, and has legitimately forfeited the war against ISIS.
What’s more, this episode could very well be the trigger to World War III, which means we are at the beginning stages of millions of deaths just like in past centuries; and once again, just like the previous World Wars, it is Zionist ambitions at the center of this incoming World War. This assassination and war with Iran, only buries press surrounding the Trump impeachment debacle, Netanyahu’s corruption charges, as well as destabilizes the entire middle east, which has always benefited Israel as they work to gobble up more and more territory.
I can only assume that the Mossad via the Epstein operation must have some SERIOUS dirt on Trump. Either that or the man is a complete psychopath, with little regard to the lives he is now endangering worldwide.
Just yesterday Iran launched missiles against bases in Iraq, and then announced that retaliation for the strike is complete and will not seek further escalation
"After Iran launched a missile attack against air bases in Iraq that housed U.S. and coalition forces, Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif tweeted that Iran was finished fighting and was not actively pursuing any kind of escalation to the conflict.
Iran took & concluded proportionate measures in self-defense under Article 51 of UN Charter targeting base from which cowardly armed attack against our citizens & senior officials were launched," Zarif tweeted. "We do not seek escalation or war, but will defend ourselves against any aggression." (Newsweek, 01/07/2020)
I am sure Trump will further escalate tensions with Iran in an unproportional manner, despite this statement seeing it is obvious beyond any shadow of a doubt he is escalating tensions towards war at every turn.
While watching this drama unfold has been particular unsettling, it has been the reactions by conservatives and Christians that have struck me as far more disgusting.
Trump supporting Christian Zionists have come out in force defending the actions of the president and voicing their support for any and all war the U.S. and Israel directs us into. You simply cannot defend Trump at this point without looking compromised yourself. He is a moral reprobate, liar, and the active party in the murder of a foreign head of state.
Christians Zionists are simply the worst, completely without discernment or principle and absent of any Christian charity and efforts toward peace. Christians are under a blindness and delilusion that can only be attributed to the judgement of God on this country. They worship a wicked man and deserve every bit of the judgement of Heaven we will undoubtedly continue to recieve.
Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Isaiah 5:20
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