...the supposedly liberal and progressive Democrats are all in a dither about the assassination of Soleimani. After all, Trump did it. It has to be wrong.
The generals and politicians who launched and prosecuted these endless wars are not about to take the blame for the quagmires they created. They need a scapegoat. It is Iran...
The 9/11 attacks gave the government what our American ancestors feared when the Constitution was being proposed - a government consisting of a massive, ever-growing military-intelligence establishment with omnipotent, totalitarian powers...
For the United States to abandon proxy warfare and directly kill one of Iran’s most senior political figures has changed international politics in a fundamental way. It is a massive error. Its ramifications are profound and complex...
"...[Soleimani] is the 'master of Resistance Axis martyrs'... avenging him and the other martyrs is a duty of all resistance mujahidin around the world..."
It could be the year the general finally "cement[s] his reputation as the Machiavelli of the Middle East - or prove that even the smartest operators can suffer hubris."