Former Presidents Obama and Bush
Grace Panetta, Business Insider: Here's why neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama killed Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who the US just took out in an airstrike
* On Thursday, the Pentagon confirmed that US forces killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad's airport at the direction of President Donald Trump.
* As the leader of the elite and secretive Quds Force of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, Soleimani abetted terrorism and violence throughout the region, including against US troops.
* Neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama took action as president to target Soleimani or the Quds Force.
* Former military and intelligence officials have cited the potential for retaliation from Iran against US troops, diplomats, and allied forces in the region as a major reason for not killing Soleimani previously.
* In the immediate aftermath of the strike on Soleimani, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said that "harsh retaliation" would be waiting for the US.
On Thursday evening, the Pentagon confirmed that at the direction of President Donald Trump, US forces killed Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani in an airstrike near Baghdad's airport, the most drastic step toward conflict with Iran in the 21st century.
Soleimani was for decades one of the most important and highly regarded military figures in Iran, playing a pivotal role in shaping Iranian foreign policy and the politics of the Middle East today.
The killing of the high-level commander, first reported by Iraqi state TV and later confirmed in a Pentagon statement, is the US's most significant escalation of tensions against Iran yet and is likely to further inflame conflict in the region and provoke severe retaliation.
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WNU Editor: Former Presidents Bush And Obama decided not to kill Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani for the same reasons why former President Clinton decided to not kill Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden .... Bill Clinton, Hours Before 9/11 Attacks: 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden (ABC News). They were (at the time) afraid of the consequences.
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WNU,
You are right because, for them, the consequences would be....they can be a target too! They just want to protect themselves!!!! Country first? No, I'm joking.
Like it or not, Trump keep his responsibilities. Doing what he did could right or wrong for his reelection, but he did it.
1) "Bill Clinton: we could have saved 300,000 lives in Rwanda" - CNBC
2) 'I Could Have Killed' Osama bin Laden - Bubba Clinton
See a pattern here?
Bill aka "Bubba" Clinton is a skirt chasing cowardly man.
https://www.cnbc.com/id/100546207
They understood how powerful he was and they understood any attempt at taking him out had less than a 10% chance of success and they understood even if they succeeded the Iranian reprisal would result in the immediate deaths of 10s of millions of Americans and Iran's allies would immediately move in and subjugate America further brutilizing and abusing Americans. As such, knowing how difficult it would be and the cost associated they tried to surrender to Iranian magnificance. Iran wouldn't allow this!! They'd settle for nothing less than genocide of America!! For them humiliation and abuse of our country would never be enough!! In spite of having the support of the world's most powerful countries they haven't succeeded !! America's survival at the hands of mighty Iran is a miracle!! How has this happened?!!?
Taking out the Iranian monster would have required incredible precision. From the time POTUS received notification of where he was he would have likely had two minutes, probably less to order the stike. If he doesn't, the monster likely disappears forever!! As such, the monster had to be taken out then!!
Who notified our people of the monster's location? Perhaps our people made quatam leaps in competence. This would require extraordinary proof which is thus far lacking. We obviously had outside help from Russia, China, or both to get this done. For this I credit Trump diplomacy for getting this done. Obviously his speech crediting the idiots who comprise US (un)intelligence as the best in the world is obviously a classy exhortation to say GET YOUR INCOMPETENT ASSES IN GEAR AND PURGE IRANIAN SOURCES FROM YOUR MIDST!! Given the short time frames that would have been involved, obviously US (un)intelligence wasn't involved as Iranian allies would've immediately warned the monster of what was coming. As such, Russian, Chinese, or both would've likely provided the intel necessary to carry out the illumation of the poweerful monster.
The Israelis wouldn't have helped us. While Trump is trustworthy much of the US isn't. Iranian sources in the US government would've underminded such an effort. The monster died because his Russian and Chinese allies didn't protect him. Why didn't they? With their protection he's untouchable.
I credit Trump diplomacy. The Russian and Chinese leaderrship fear him. Obviously its vitally important that we re elect him.
B. Poster, a longwinded, trolling fuckwit, whose purpose is to kill comment threads, when they are not going the way TPTB want it to go.
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