03 January 2020

Reaped As Ye Have Sown

Just another bug on the windshield...insert alt text here
The US military’s ability to kill Qassem Soliemani, the commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps – Qods Force, was the result of his complacency and carelessness while traveling to and from Iraq.

That’s because Soleimani became a public figure inside Iraq and acted as if he did not fear US action.

Among the ten dead were two Islamic Revolutionary Guard generals - Brigadier General Hussein Jafari Nia and Major-General Hadi Taremi - along with Colonel of the Guards Shahroud Mozaffari Nia.

An image which circulated on Iranian media in the aftermath purporting to show Quds commander Qassem Soleimani's hand after the strike in the early hours of Friday.
I'm guessing that's gonna get everybody's attention... I'm lookin' at you, Iranian General Staff...insert alt text here
A senior leader of this week's attacks on the US embassy, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, was also among the dead - vaporized after being struck by one of four American guided missiles fired by a Reaper drone.
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RELATED: Will the Prime Minstrel be giving the eulogy?

He did such a bang-up job with Fidel Castro...
Shuvaloy Majumdar, former director of policy for foreign affairs under the Harper government ... said Ottawa’s response lacked a “full-throated” support for the U.S. that could be viewed as downplaying Iranian aggressions.
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LAST WORD: Let's get a second opinion...insert alt text here
Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Thursday evening that President Donald Trump had even more legal authority to eliminate Qassem Soleimani than former President Barack Obama had to take out Osama bin Laden in 2011.
Or, you could ask an Iranian.