R.I.P. GENERAL KASSIM SOLEIMANI

   It's with sadness tonight that we have to report that Iranian General Kassim Soleimani, who commanded the Iranian Expeditionary Forces in Iraq and Syria, was killed last night during a Pentagon-ordered air raid on an unarmed convoy near Baghdad. The attack was carried out allegedly by unmanned drones operating under the cover of darkness. The General were en route to Friday Morning religious services, as prescribed by the Islamic rituals. 

   Killed along with General Soleimani was Shiek Mujahid Al-Tammani, an Iraqi Militia Commander whom---if I remember correctly---fought with some distinction at the Battle of Mosul. Both of these men were more responsible for the defeat of the ISIS Caliphate than all of the Pentagon's incompetent leaders combined. 

  When Obama offered to bomb ISIS-held cities into oblivion, the Iraqi High Command refused upon Soleimani's advice. Soleimani had devised tactics to reduce the high collateral damage---both in persons and property---which characterized the Pentagon's methods. His tactics were instrumental in Allied Forces capturing Fallujah, Aleppo, and Mosul largely intact. Nor were Iranian elements under his command idle at the front. A division of Afghani volunteers fighting under the Iranian Command were the first to break through Al-Qaeda defenses at Aleppo; and Iranian troops foiled a subsequent ISIS maneuver to break into the besieged city. Iranian commandos carried out strategic strikes against Caliphate henchmen and supplies. 

  There are at this time, conflicting reports about how this attack happened. Some in the hopelessly unreliable American Media claim it was ordered by Washington. But---given the Pentagon's recent track record---these two heroes may just have been collateral damage in yet another 'accident' and anti-Iran elements in the Deep State are claiming credit for it. As Commander-in-Chief, President Trump is obliged to take responsibility for it; but if was his decision, it was really a bad one. 

  Hopefully the Iranian leadership---which is not always known for cool deliberation when it feels its national honor has been insulted---will take a step back and consult with its other allies before things escalate to a point where it is too late to reverse matters. George Soros and his other confederates have been working like termites all through 2019 provoking problems in Iran; as well as Syria and Lebanon who are Iran's closest allies. Soros and the DNC desire a war with Iran; as do the neocons on Aramco's payroll and the increasingly mentally-unstable Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nethanyahu who has a lot of supporters in the US. These are not people whom Trump should be allying with. 

  We also have to guard against knee-jerk blaming of Iran for lone-wolf terrorist attacks which this killing is bound to inspire---like the one that just occurred at the Iraqi Embassy and was the alleged pretext for this attack. Americans also need to take a step back and re-evaluate our policies in the Middle East as well.