A few days ago, in an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, President Donald Trump told the American people that we had no choice but to act quickly and assassinate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani as he was planning not just to “blow up” our embassy in Bagdad, but three others as well. Here’s an excerpt […]
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Well, it looks like Trump lied when he said that Soleimani was targeting four U.S. embassies
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Adam Schiff, Agnes Callamard, Americans for Oversight, assassination, Bagdad, Donald Trump, emotional truth, FOIA, House Intelligence Committee, international law, Iran, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, mark Esper, National Security Advisor, Qasem Soleimani, Robert C. O'Brien, Secretary of Defense, targeted killings, Tom Cotton 44 Comments
Soleimani was assassinated one week ago today and we still haven’t been shown evidence of the imminent threat
A week ago today, the U.S. military, at the direction of President Donald Trump, assassinated Iranian General Qassim Soleimani. The Trump administration told us at the time that this was absolutely necessary, as they had evidence of an “imminent attack” against U.S. forces… one which could only be stopped by eliminating the powerful Iranian leader. […]
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged Agnes Callamard, assassination, diplomacy, Donald Trump, Doug Collins, foreign policy, imminent attack, Iran, Iraq, Mike Pompeo, Nancy Pelosi, Qassim Soleimani, revenge, self-defense, Shiite, Tammy Duckworth, targeted killings, terrorist, United Nations 29 Comments
There was never a plan for navigating the aftermath of Soleimani’s killing
As it’s been reported that, several days before the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Donald Trump had told members of his Mar-a-Lago golf club that his administration would soon be delivering a “big” response to the Iranian regime, we can assume that the administration had time to plan not just the killing itself, but […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged assassination, bad planning, Brian Hook, credibility, deescalation, diplomacy, Donald Trump, foreign affairs, foreign policy, Gang of Eight, House Intelligence Committee, Iran, John McLaughlin, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mar-a-Lago, Mike Pompeo, national security, noise, offending allies, Qassem Soleimani, Secretary of Defens, Senate Intelligence Committee, State Department, war 103 Comments