The reason given is that US intelligence said that Suleimani, was developing plans to attack US diplomats and service members in Iraq and the region. Exactly what those plans were remains undisclosed. If this actually was a genuine reason, then that should be hidden for reasons of national security. If this was not a genuine reason, then that will be hidden for reasons of national security.
Does anyone actually believe anything Messrs. Trump and Pompeo say about the reason for the drone strikes? Recall, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo feigned surprise & ignorance when asked about the substance of the telephone call between President Trump & President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky; which became the subject of the articles of impeachment as passed by the House. We found out in the released transcripts that Pompeo was on the call.
It is like the moment we all feared has arrived. An unstable and unfit President in way over his head, panicking, with all his experienced advisers having quit, and only the sycophantic amateurs remaining. This President has now stooped to assassinating foreign leaders and announcing plans to bomb civilians.
What we do know is that as we speak, more than 170 Iraqi MPs have signed draft legislation ordering the expulsion of US troops from Iraq; a red flag has been raised over the Azam mosque of Qom, which is a signal that a major war is coming.
What we also know is that as Mr Trump could be facing an impeachment trial in the Senate (even this is not guaranteed as Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell has not actually comitted to having the Senate hear the trial), this has proved immensely popular with his base.
The strke happened on the 2nd of January and on the 3rd, he was holding a rally with a crowd of thousands of cheering supporters King Jesus International Ministry megachurch in West Kendall, Florida.
It is as if after having seen all of the bad things line up in his kaleidoscope, he gave it a shake and once again saw all the prety colours and people cheering. Considering that this was a completely unprovoked attack by the United States, I wonder how in any way, this can be played as being righteous. I wonder which version of the bible people are reading.
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, bomb your enemies and kill those who persecute you?
- Matthew 5:43-44
Of course Jesus didn't say that; yet somehow, this has become the launching platform for “Evangelicals for Trump”, which is all in aid of Mr Trump's 2020 re-election campaign.
I can only think of the words of the greatest Prime Minister that Britain never had, Tony Benn, before a 1998 vote in the House of Commons to decide to bomb Iraq:
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1998/feb/17/iraq#S6CV0306P0_19980217_HOC_220
And every night, I went down to the shelter in Thames house. Every morning, I saw dockland burning. Five hundred people were killed in Westminster one night by a land mine. It was terrifying. Aren't Arabs terrified? Aren't Iraqis terrified? Don't Arab and Iraqi women weep when their children die? Does bombing strengthen their determination? What fools we are to live in a generation for which war is a computer game for our children and just an interesting little Channel Four news item.
- Tony Benn, MP for Chesterfield, 17th Feb 1998
In ordering to bomb Baghdad International Airport, to kill Qassem Suleimani, President Trump has indicated that he is prepared to open a door, to an unplanned and possibly uncontrollable war.
....targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020
Bombing Iran in 2020 is no different in principle to bombing Iraq in 1998. Generals who fight wars from behind desks who are thousands of miles away, spend the coin of the battlefield, which is human blood, because they do not have to pay.
Soldiers pay. Civilians pay. Mothers pay. Fathers pay. Children pay. Sisters pay. Brothers pay. They pay in blood. They pay with death.
I fail to understand why this is righteous. I fail to understand why this is sensible. I fail to understand why this is just. I fail to understand why this even happened at all.
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