President Donald Trump has ordered an airstrike that killed Revolutionary Guard General Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran's elite Quds Force, at Baghdad International Airport, the Pentagon confirmed.
The strike also killed Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq known as the Popular Mobilization Forces, which were responsible for the recent attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, officials said.
The audacious airstrike is a potential turning point in the Middle East as the U.S. and Iran teeter on the brink of all-out war, and is expected to draw severe retaliation from Iran and and its regional Shiite allies against Israel and American interests.
A Pentagon statement issued to DailyMail.com late Thursday, Washington DC time, said: 'At the direction of the President, the U.S. military has taken decisive action to protect U.S. personnel abroad by killing Quasem Soleimani.'
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Obozo has sent his condolences. Bite me Biden has condemned these actions in the most strongest terms...
ReplyDeleteAbout time.
ReplyDeleteAs far as their "revenge" goes, they better just shut up.
The U.S. has enough air and sea power in the region to put them back in the Stone age for 50 years.
10:00 AM and yet because of Trumps foreign policy ISIS and Anti-Americanism is growing strong as ever in the region.
ReplyDeleteRe think this - there is no solution in the Middle East, and any sign of weakness is preyed upon. Same thing in Asia. They only understand direct action in a very Pavlovian sense - stimulus (Hezbollah/Quds Force attack embassy) - response (boom). End of issue and lesson learned. Of course they won’t be happy about America, and frankly, who cares what they think. They certainly never liked us from the time the Shaw was deposed until now, and nothing will change that. Obama’s strategy failed miserably and this is his failed legacy
DeleteTheir retaliation and threats have gone on for years, now maybe Iran and North Korea will take note action can come to them.
ReplyDeleteBring it on
ReplyDeleteDeath to Iran !
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: As I mentioned in an earlier comment, our enemies in the Middle East and their Pedomarxist democrat friends in DC will bluster, stomp around and make threats, but they understand the message loud and clear. Excellent response on the part of the president. Love it that the Pedomarxist democrats were claiming him to be impotent on Iran and now they are complaining because he took appropriate action.
ReplyDeleteA vote for democrats is a vote against America as their comments in the leftmedia prove.
ReplyDeleteAnd gas prices are skyrocketing!
ReplyDeleteThe Oil Industry collectively says, Thank You Mr Trump!
Way to go
Gas prices are like the stock market, they go up and down willy nilly!
DeleteYou mess with the bull you get the horns
ReplyDeletePlease spare us your uninformed tirades. Many of you are the same ones that cheered us into blundering into Iraq. That set up this very situation where Iran's power was able to grow while we taxed our military and our treasury.
ReplyDeleteYep ,...lets start another war
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteAnd gas prices are skyrocketing!
The Oil Industry collectively says, Thank You Mr Trump!
Way to go
January 3, 2020 at 11:57 AM
And that's the only thing you are concerned with, gas prices?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Yep ,...lets start another war
January 3, 2020 at 12:58 PM
Start? START? Maybe you should re-think that comment.
Time to WIPE Iran Off the Map !!! Get-er-Done !!!
ReplyDeleteThey won't have Time for ANY Revenge !!! LOL LOL
ReplyDeleteOur Missiles get there pretty QUICK !!! Make my day !!!