Why President Trump Hit General Soleimani and the effects of it all

Additionally, information has surfaced that Soleimani, who had been personally leading the repression against the popular uprising in Iraq since October, had been planning a coup d’état in Baghdad that would have resulted in the assassination of the Iraqi president, and the seizing of the American embassy there. The Free Iran Herald

Trump Speaks Directly to the Iranian People  . . ."Now Trump is talking directly to the Iranian people, and the demonstrations are bigger and more widespread than any earlier ones.

"I don’t think that the Khamenei regime is long for this world, now that the American president has spoken directly to the masses of Iranians who had waited for the United States to do their dirty work for them. No American president -- not Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush fils, or Obama -- had understood the key to the Middle East: bring down the Islamic Republic. That, rather than the conquest of Iraq and the overthrow of Saddam, should have been our goal in 2003, but we chose the wrong target.
"Now, of all the unlikely people, Donald Trump figured it out and is pursuing it. Like his predecessors, Trump does not wish to invade Iran; unlike them, he has found that the regime is ready to fall, that America can inspire and lead a revolution against the world’s leading terror country.
"Just look at the scenes coming out of Iran today." . . .

Trump sends 'the most liked Persian tweet' in history of Twitter
. . . President Trump's tweet in Farsi expressing support for Iranians protesting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has already earned over 200,000 likes, making it the "most liked Persian tweet" in the social media giant's history, according to a leading think tank adviser.  . . .
Trump Tweet Breaks a Twitter Record But MSM Silent

Watch: Locals burn a large banner with an image of the dead Qods Commander, Qasem Soleimani.

General Soleimani was betrayed by fellow IRGC members!
Repression and Unrest Continuing in Iran, While Western Liberal Media Only Amplify Khomeinist Propaganda
This news is increasing the speculation that Soleimani, who was known to act on his own initiatives, and who was being seen as a possible future dictator-in-waiting for Tehran, was betrayed to American intelligence by his own colleagues within the regime, who feared that he would deprive them of their power and privileges.
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Thus, seen in this light of Soleimani’s out-of-control brazenness, and his growing unpopularity within his own Khomeinist clique, US President Donald’s Trump decision to kill him emerges as the de-escalatory move that he has presented it as, and one that will stimulate more infighting, and the consequent weakening of, the regime.

"Though it presents a public face of being monolithic, the IRGC is riddled with factionalism and waves of purges. Last July, 125 IRGC officers were arrested and accused of plotting to overthrow the regime. In that regard, some observers are already judging the conference of regime-sponsored proxy militias that Tehran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei called together on Thursday, January 9^th, (which featured representatives from Palestine’s Hamas, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, Yemen’s Houthis, Iraq’s Hashd al Shaabi, Afghanistan’s Fatemiyoun and Pakistan’s Zeinabiyoun) in order to unite them behind the new Qods Force commander, Esmail Ghaani to have already failed, because these forces had been personally built up by, and around, Soleimani, and their loyalties may not be so easily transferrable." . . .

As Obama once boasted, "The US does not do pinpricks."

Lopez Video: Behind the Scenes of the Suleymani Hit   "The real reason Trump eradicated the terror master."   Video: "Suleymani's" mission when hit by Trump explained starting at 2:14  Who is Qasem Soleimani?

Secretary of Defense Mark Esper said Tuesday that attacks planned by Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani were expected to occur in just days, before he was killed by a U.S. airstrike.

"We had clear, compelling, unambiguous intelligence to indicate Qassem Soleimani was planning, coordinating, and directing a significant campaign of violence against the United States in the coming days," said Gen. Milley.

Inside the plot by Iran’s Soleimani to attack U.S. forces in Iraq

Meanwhile in Hollywood, a contrast in courage:

• Michael Moore Asks Wrong Ayatollah Not to Hurt Him, Vows to 'Get Rid of Trump'
• Congressman Brian Mast, a Republican from Florida, accused his Democratic colleagues of being cowards for their weak-kneed reaction to the killing of Iranian terror-master Qasem Soleimani.

Let’s Remember the American Contractor Who Was Killed In Rocket Strike by Soleimani Militia

RedState

Democrats should know the name of the American that Qassem Soleimani killed, the American that led to the death of Qassem Soleimani.American Nawres Hamid.So when you criticize the strike, this is one of thousands killed or wounded by Soleimani.

"There are a lot of things that are troubling about the hot takes of the media and the Democrats about the issues with Iran.

"But one that just sticks in my craw is acting as if this recent round of issues just dropped out of the sky and started with President Donald Trump “recklessly assassinating” IRGC terrorist leader Qasem Soleimani.

"Central in this is completely forgetting the attack on the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad and not even acknowledging all the rockets attacks on the U.S. in the lead-up to that, including a rocket attack that killed an American contractor and wounded several others, Americans and Iraqis.

"Some already clearly deep in the throes of TDS even postulated that the “contractor” didn’t exist and this was all made up to distract from impeachment, just one of the many stupid conspiracy theories out there. The other attack was because he was a “contractor,” he must be a “mercenary.” So delusional and anti-American.

"As GOP Spox Elizabeth Harrington notes, many reports were, for some reason, leaving out his name. So I wanted to put his name out there and make sure people were aware of who we had lost." . . .

Dems Silent on Iran Protests as Demonstrators Blame Regime, NOT Trump, for Plane Crash

Socio-Political Journal

"Democratic congressional leaders and presidential candidates who were unsparing in their criticism of President Trump for the escalation with Iran over the past two weeks largely have gone silent now that the protests on the streets of Tehran and beyond have turned their rage toward the regime — and not the Trump White House.
"Even as videos emerged online Monday that purportedly show Iranian police and security forces firing live ammunition to disperse protesters, so far among the 2020 Democratic candidates only former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., have spoken out in support of the people.
"The protesters have railed against the government following the shoot-down of a passenger plane that the Iranian government initially denied involvement in —  Tehran later admitted they downed the jet in a misfire during attacks against U.S. bases in Iraq, following Trump's takedown of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
"Trump has issued statements supporting the demonstrations, but his political opponents have been almost entirely silent — after earlier criticizing the Soleimani strike and in some cases even faulting Trump for the fatal plane crash.
"Journalist Yashar Ali, who is of Iranian descent and has friends and family there, called out the left for being silent when it comes to the protests, in a viral Twitter thread about the situation.
" 'I've gone through some of the most active and prominent liberal Twitter accounts and none of them mentioned the Iran protests today,” Ali tweeted Sunday. “These same people were actively tweeting about wanting to avoid war and attacking Trump for his decision.” . . .

Cory Booker Drops Out of Presidential Race

Booker surrenders.

Legal Insurrection

“Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win—money we don’t have.”

"From The Wall Street Journal:

Mr. Booker, the former mayor of Newark, had long lagged behind the leading Democratic candidates in national polls, and he failed to qualify for two consecutive Democratic primary debates, including Tuesday’s debate in Iowa.

“It’s with a full heart that I share this news—I’ve made the decision to suspend my campaign for president,” Mr. Booker said in an email to supporters on Monday. “Our campaign has reached the point where we need more money to scale up and continue building a campaign that can win—money we don’t have, and money that is harder to raise because I won’t be on the next debate stage and because the urgent business of impeachment will rightly be keeping me in Washington.”

"Booker did not gain much momentum since he announced his candidacy last February. The latest poll in Iowa showed him with only 3% support.

"He also lacked fundraising as he noted in his announcement. He missed the December debate and did not qualify for tomorrow’s debate in Iowa." . . .

Use this chart to mark each Democrat off as they exit:

Sadly, Warren is the only Democrat of color left in the race. TD

Why We Need to Remember that War Is Hell

" . . .But the greatest monument to unnecessary mass killing by the Allies was built with the blood and bones of Dresden, what Johnson calls “the greatest Anglo-American moral disaster of the war against Germany.” Pedro Gonzalez 

The ruins of Dresden, 1945

Pedro Gonzalez

No one living bears any responsibility for the actions committed by others in the past, least of all for the folly of the world’s elites. It is, however, our duty to recall the real cost of war.

 "As British bombs fell on the German port city of Kiel, Karl Berchim scrambled with reckless self-abandon to usher as many women and children as he could into a schoolhouse that had been converted into a shelter. Berchim was a member of the Luftwaffe, the aerial warfare branch of the Wehrmacht during World War II.

"Just as he secured a group of civilians in the bomb shelter, a massive piece of ordnance dropped by the Royal Air Force found its mark near Berchim, killing him instantly. Because of his actions and sacrifice, a little girl named Elise was saved from obliteration. Because Elise lived, she grew up, married, and had a son. That son eventually had a daughter who is now expecting her first child—my child, by my wife, because of the heroism of her great-grandfather, Karl Berchim.

"I don’t care that Karl stood “on the wrong side of history” in life; he died a hero, striving to protect the life and liberty of civilians. For all we know, he was an American born in the wrong place.

"According to Dennis Saffran, however, Karl and the rest of the war dead cannot be regarded except with scornful indifference. We may as well strike his name from the memorial book in the townhall of Kiel.

" 'I have absolutely no problem with the killing of German civilians in World War II,” wrote Saffran as the United States toed the line of war with Iran, urging Americans to get over their queasiness at the thought of killing civilians, “even in cases where hindsight may see it as ‘unnecessary.’” In other words, even if you could prove to Saffran that civilians were needlessly slaughtered, he would have absolutely no problem with it." . . .

In 2001 we had good friends, Hans and Herta Borm, who attended our church in Santa Maria, CA. They were both survivors of the war in Europe; Hans, a five-times wounded veteran of the German army and Herta, a citizen of the much-bombed Magdeburg. They were both stoic about those years and commented little until after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks. The group conversation was about the Muslim's desire to simply kill people and suddenly the Borms memories burst forth as they brought up Dresden. They agonized over this bombing of such an historical, cultural city that had not been touched by bombers until they said "We were beaten! The war was about over and there was no need for this! They only wanted to kill Germans!"
The pain of this act haunted Hans and Herta the remainder of their lives.  The Tunnel Dweller

Democrats consider oppressors to be "the oppressed"

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Democrats Always Choose America’s Enemies Over America  "Here’s an idea that our Democrat politician friends might want to try if they want to stop being back-stabbing garbage people. It’s kind of a radical notion and a little outside the box, but here goes: How about, just once, you stop sucking-up to the foreign bastards who are attacking our country and take America’s side?
"Maybe you should not back and excuse the gay-hanging, women-stoning, airline-downing, Obama check-cashing, Israel-threatening, American-murdering cultists ruling Iran. Just a thought." . . .

Couple That Went To Iran To Show It’s Not That Bad Are Now in Jail

. . . Obama and Kerry were essentially embracing the idea that “evil is a make-believe concept.” That the mullahs were perhaps “self-interested sometimes, myopic sometimes,” but ultimately good-hearted. The Leftist intelligentsia was and still is unanimous in applauding that initiative.

Likewise, it is a matter of dogmatic certainty for the Left that Islam is a religion of peace, and that only racist, bigoted “Islamophobes” think otherwise. Why should King and Firkin have had any reason to be concerned about traveling through the Islamic Republic of Iran? All it had was a “bad wrap.” . . .

"It’s too bad states and counties weren’t allowed to reject resettlement of refugees when Somali Muslim invaders like Ilhan Omar came to this country". . . Minnesota statistics released in July 2018 showed that incidents of violent crime including murder decreased compared to 2017, but rape and involuntary sex trafficking rose to the highest rate seen in almost a quarter-century, The Duluth News Tribune reported

In February, the FBI said Somalis in Minnesota remained vulnerable to recruitment by terrorists.

"FBI numbers showed 45 Somalis in the Minneapolis area left to join the ranks of either the Somalia-based Islamic insurgency al-Shabab or the Iraq- and Syria-based ISIS combined. And as of 2018, a dozen more had been arrested with the intention of leaving to support ISIS. Both numbers are far higher than those who allegedly left or attempted to leave the country to join terrorist groups abroad from other areas in the U.S. where Muslim refugees have been resettled." . . .

Democrats become first national party to hate the nation they wish to lead

American Thinker   "Democrats have now officially become the first national political party to actually detest the country they wish to lead.

Democrats have openly sided with America's enemies and even sympathize with the world's most heinous terrorists rather than take the side of the president of the United States, as can be seen by their reaction to the death of Iranian mega-terrorist Qassem Soleimani.

"Barack Obama must have succeeded in "fundamentally" transforming the country, because, in days of yore, this would have universally been considered a priori treason.  I honestly believe, if Democrats had their way, American flags would have been ordered to fly at half-staff out of respect and appreciation for the bloodthirsty Iranian general whose death they thought would make Trump look bad.  Democrats and their supporters are so crazy, they applaud white supremacists if they dis Trump, as Joy Behar on ABC's The View did recently.  Many in the media immediately said Trump's drone strike on Soleimani would quite possibly cause World War III to break out.  Some give the impression that they would prefer to have their characterization of the strike as "reckless" be proven correct, even if it meant death and destruction on a massive scale.  That's reckless.  And sick.

"Former donkey party greats such as Andrew Jackson, Harry Truman, JFK, and even liberal Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan would be shocked and appalled at what the party they once led has become.  The party is now the bastion of full-fledged socialists, anti-Semites, transgender-worshipers, and God-haters.  It respects no moral code or law, abhors tradition, the Founders — and those who have the temerity to live in rural areas of "fly-over country" (i.e., the "deplorables") — and is actively aiding and abetting the abolition of American history.  It tolerates no dissent from its political correctness and is aggressively attempting to strip Americans of their constitutionally guaranteed rights — and babies from their lives as it ironically tries to invent a "right" to abortion.

"There is an old saying, that something or someone is "as American as Mom, baseball, and apple pie."  The Democrats are rapidly rewriting that phrase to better suit their Depraved New World.  It will likely read, "as American as non-binary, childless attraction units, soccer, and tofu.' "

AF Branco 

The Ugliness That Is Political Correctness

By: Diane Sori and Craig Andresen

. . . "Remember, it's not part of what's called “human nature” to randomly change one's opinion simply because a politician mandates it to be so nor is it in “human nature” to blindly accept something as fact when there's no evidence of proof, thus rendering "political correctness" simply the tangible equivalent of religious blind faith. And religious hatred itself has so dominated the tome of "political correctness" that misguided religious fervor has become the devil itself in the eyes of the left.

How so...both Christianity and Judaism are but a political albatross that must be cast aside while islam...a political system masquerading as a religion...has now been taken under the Democrat's politically correct protective wing as being something one must never criticize nor mock. And while violent attacks on Christians and Jews are steadily increasing with but cursory reporting on at best, the facts surrounding who perpetrated said attacks are hushed up if said attackers are black or muslim. And why...because to say anything against blacks and especially muslims, even if it's just a means by which to identify the attacker, is now considered to be a “hate crime,” with the fallout being that the victim is turned into the instigator of their own attack just for being of the lefts deemed politically incorrect faith.
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From a literary standpoint, we have the time honored writings of great authors like Harper Lee and Mark Twain just to name a couple. Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” is a true classic, as is Twain’s “Huckelberry (sp) Finn,” but both have come under assault by "political correctness." In the case of Lee’s classic, it is now deemed politically incorrect to have a black character accused of a sex crime, and due to that supposed stereotype libraries have been encouraged to pull the book from their shelves.