JEREMY SCAHILL—Assassination has been a central component of U.S. policy for many decades, though it has been whitewashed and normalized throughout history, most recently with Obama’s favored term, “targeted killings.”
Yearly Archives
2020
Killing Soleimani was an act of cowardice. Any honorable soldier would recognise that.
2 minutes readCALEB MAUPIN—Trump is a fraud. Donald Trump is a weakling and a coward. Those who advised him (as it is rather obvious his massive ignorance precludes knowing anything in detail about Iran, let alone the names and roles of its leadership figures), including the Israelis who have been plotting to get the US to wage war on Iran for many years now, share in the dishonor.
PEPE ESCOBAR: US Kick Starts Raging ’20s Declaring War on Iran
21 minutes readPEPE ESCOBAR—There cannot be a more startling provocation against Iran — in a long list of sanctions and provocations — than what just happened in Baghdad. Iraq is now the preferred battleground of a proxy war against Iran that may now metastasize into hot war, with devastating consequences.
THE SAKER—The Iranians are far most sophisticated players than the mostly clueless US Americans. So the first thing I would suggest is that the Iranians are unlikely to do something the US is expecting them to do. Either they will do something totally different, or they will act much later, once the US lowers its guard (as it always does after declaring “victory”).
U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani
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MoA—The outright assassination of a commander of Soleimani’s weight demands an Iranian reaction of at least a similar size. All U.S. generals or high politicians traveling in the Middle East or elsewhere will now have to watch their back. There will be no safety for them anywhere.
