01-03-2020, 09:07 AM
First, let me say that Qassem Suleimani was a piece of shit that deserved what he got. He was responsible for countless deaths in the region of Americans and our allies. If you didn't know, he was essentially the Supreme Leader of Iran's sword, carrying out overt and covert actions that amounted to state sponsored terrorism.
There are a lot of comparisons of this action to others in the past, but from my understanding there is no comparable situation. Suleimani was actually a high ranking Iranian official, which was not the case for other high profile assholes we've assassinated in the past. This has caused a lot of concern among people about what is going to be happening next. I'm not jumping on the #WW3 bandwagon from Twitter, but this will likely become a serious conflict. We already had some of the 82nd Airborne being deployed due to the events leading up to the drone strike, and that will likely just be the tip of the spear.
Unfortunately, Trump neglected to notify Congress of the activity (though did apparently find time to tell his children) before the strike. Not much is known about what the plan or expectation is going forward, but we're in uncharted territory.
There are a lot of comparisons of this action to others in the past, but from my understanding there is no comparable situation. Suleimani was actually a high ranking Iranian official, which was not the case for other high profile assholes we've assassinated in the past. This has caused a lot of concern among people about what is going to be happening next. I'm not jumping on the #WW3 bandwagon from Twitter, but this will likely become a serious conflict. We already had some of the 82nd Airborne being deployed due to the events leading up to the drone strike, and that will likely just be the tip of the spear.
Unfortunately, Trump neglected to notify Congress of the activity (though did apparently find time to tell his children) before the strike. Not much is known about what the plan or expectation is going forward, but we're in uncharted territory.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
