U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani - MOA take on it Archived Message Posted by MikeD on January 3, 2020, 9:29 am U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani Today the U.S. declared war on Iran. War is what it will get. Earlier today a U.S. drone or helicopter killed Major General Qassim Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds force, while he left the airport of Baghdad where he had just arrived. bigger The Quds force is the external arm of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. Soleiman was responsible for all relations between Iran and political and militant movements outside of Iran. He was the man responsible for, and successful in, defeating the Islamic State. bigger Soleimani had arrived in Baghdad on a normal flight from Iran. He did not travel in secret. He was picked up at the airport by Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes, the deputy commander of the al-Hashd al-Shaabi, an official Iraqi security force under the command of the Iraqi Prime Minister. The two cars they traveled in were destroyed in the U.S. attack. Both men and their drivers and guards died. bigger The U.S. created two martyrs who will now become the models and idols for tens of millions of youth in the Middle East. bigger The Houthi in Yemen, Hizbullah in Lebanon, Islamic Jihad in Palestine, the paramilitary forces in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere have all benefited from Soleimani's advice and support. They will all take actions to revenge him. Moqtada al-Sadr, the unruly Shia cleric who commands millions of followers in Iraq, has given orders to reactivate his military branch 'Jaish al-Imam al-Mahdi'. Between 2004 and 2010 the Mahdi forces fought the U.S. occupation of Iraq. They will do so again. The outright assassination of a commander of Soleimani's weight demands an Iranian reaction of at least a similar size. All U.S. generals or high politicians traveling in the Middle East or elsewhere will now have to watch their back. There will be no safety for them anywhere. No Iraqi politician will be able to argue for keeping U.S. forces in the country. The Iraqi Prime Minister Abdel Mahdi has called for a parliament emergency meeting to ask for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops: "The targeted assassination of an Iraqi commander is a violation of the agreement. It can trigger a war in Iraq and the region. It is a clear violation of the conditions of the U.S. presence in Iraq. I call on the parliament to take the necessary steps." The National Security Council of Iran is meeting with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei to "study the options of response". There are many such options. The U.S. has forces stationed in many countries around Iran. From now on none of them will be safe. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a statement calling for three days of public mourning and then retaliation. “His departure to God does not end his path or his mission,” the statement said, “but a forceful revenge awaits the criminals who have his blood and the blood of the other martyrs last night on their hands.” Iran while tie its response to the political calender. U.S. President Donald Trump will go into his reelection campaign with U.S. troops under threat everywhere. We can expect incidents like the Beirut barracks bombing to repeat themselves when he is most vulnerable. Soleimani will be replaced by an officer of equal stature. Iran's policies and support for foreign groups will not change. The U.S. has won nothing with its attack but will feel the consequences for decades to come. Its position in the Middle East will from now on be severely constrained. Others will move in to take its place. Posted by b on January 3, 2020 Message Thread: U.S. Will Come To Regret Its Assassination of Qassim Soleimani - MOA take on it - MikeD January 3, 2020, 9:29 am Suleimani was dedicated to eradicating USA's best mates ISIS and AlQaeda - so he had to go (nm) - margo January 3, 2020, 9:46 am Re: Suleimani was dedicated to eradicating USA's best mates ISIS and AlQaeda - so he had to go (nm) - Mary January 3, 2020, 10:24 am Thanks for sharing. Don't think it'll be matched on BBC again today. nm - marknadim January 3, 2020, 10:50 am Apologies (see above) - Gerard January 4, 2020, 6:52 pm   Searching