Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, President Hassan Rouhani and Brigadier General Esmail Ghaani, the newly appointed commander of the country's Quds Force, pray near the coffins of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Tehran, Iran January 6, 2020. Official Khamenei website/Handout via REUTERS
New York Times: Khamenei Wants to Put Iran’s Stamp on Reprisal for U.S. Killing of Top General
In the tense hours following the American killing of a top Iranian military commander, the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, made a rare appearance at a meeting of the government’s National Security Council to lay down the parameters for any retaliation. It must be a direct and proportional attack on American interests, he said, openly carried out by Iranian forces themselves, three Iranians familiar with the meeting said Monday.
It was a startling departure for the Iranian leadership. Since the establishment of the Islamic Republic in 1979, Tehran had almost always cloaked its attacks behind the actions of proxies it had cultivated around the region. But in the fury generated by the killing of the military commander, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, a close ally and personal friend of the supreme leader, the ayatollah was willing to cast aside those traditional cautions.
The nation’s anger over the commander’s death was on vivid display Monday, as hundreds of thousands of Iranians poured into the streets of Tehran for a funeral procession and Mr. Khamenei wept openly over the coffin.
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WNU Editor: Any use of Iranian military forces against U.S. forces or assets will result in an immediate U.S. response and an escalation that will be difficult to control. Truth be told, Iran's options are limited .... Top commander's assassination leaves Iran with very few options to retaliate (Al-Monitor).
Update: A sobering read .... Iran opting for ‘total war’ against US (MK Bhadrakumar, Asia times).
5 comments:
Trump made it personal
The Iranians will make it personal in return
Trump killed one of their heroes.
The Iranians will kill on of ours.
It won't happen this month nor next. There will be some lag time to distance yourself.
My guess is the target will be someone we love as much as they loved their general. They will not bomb some US military site. That's not the type of conflict they can win and they know it.
Iran has always excelled at coming up with asymmetric warfare and terror solutions. This will be no dofferer, other than it will be very memorable - by design
As I've written here before: Never make it personal to an entire nation.
They have said they won't hide behind proxies, they want a statement. It will be in weeks not months.
I'd say a ship will be hit that has, a symbolic name.
All I know is the world is heading to another direction
Maybe it's reset time for mother earth
This is Obama's fault. He delivered pallets of cash to Tehran. Obama himself wanted to be gift wrapped in his birthday suit at the cherry on top of one of those pallets but he didn't get his wish. The JCS vetoed that plan.
That cash physically found it way to Hezbollah. Tehran made the Hezbollah's payroll. Or one could say that Obama met the payroll of a terrorist group. Of course Solemeini felt comfortable and perfectly safe murdering Americans.
Obama-era cash traced to Iran-backed terrorists
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/feb/7/inside-the-ring-obama-era-cash-traced-to-iran-back/
Maybe if Joe Biden is elected he can give a job to Antiroll of delivering cash to Tehran or directly to Hezbollah.
Grid down permanently. Nukes fly.
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