Trump approved Soleimani killing in mid-2019, days after signing defense pact w/ UAE

[Dennis Donovan]

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Seth Abramson ✔ @SethAbramson

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BREAKING NEWS: Trump Approved Soleimani Assassination in mid-2019, Days After Signing New Defense Pact With UAE, Which Appears to Have Wanted Soleimani Dead Since (at the Latest) UAE Agent/Trump Adviser Erik Prince Told Trump He Should Be Killed in mid-2015 (See Pinned Thread)

MSNBC ✔ @MSNBC

President Trump authorized the killing of Iran's Gen. Soleimani seven months ago if Iran's increased aggression resulted in the death of an American, current and former senior administration officials say. https://on.msnbc.com/2NlFsSi

Seth Abramson ✔ @SethAbramson

PS/ I find it as significant that the conversation within the administration about assassinating Soleimani started shortly after Trump entered office in 2017, underscoring it was part of his Iran policy from the beginning, that is, right after UAE helped him gain the White House.

7:29 AM - Jan 13, 2020

For more context, see: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212865347

[Iliyah]

1. As I suspected . . .

it appears to be an execution.

[Botany]

2. It was a hit. Trump might very well have set up Soleimani by getting a Saudi and the P.M. of ...

... Iraq to invite Soleimani back to Iraq to try to work on a peace deal.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212842415

[dewsgirl]

3. Isn't that for sure what happened?

[Dennis Donovan]

4. That part of the story dropped off the radar

I remember Jane Arraf was the first to report about it, but then, not much afterwards...

[Botany]

6. And now the same media that pushed the HRC email crap and Hillary's "poor health" 24/7 is now ...

... pushing the killing Soleimani is a good thing meme. Liberal media.

BTW Soleimani is a no good shit but he did chase ISIS out of Syria.

[Dennis Donovan]

7. It depends which media you watch. n/t

[spanone]

5. when you're mired so deep in a life of lies, this all seems normal.

looks like another quid pro quo....

[wnylib]

8. Trump supporters will see this as evidence of

a good policy toward Iran, planned snd thought out in advance, and not a case of quick-tempered reaction in the moment.

Iran's collossal error of not grounding commercial flights when on high alert unfortunately not only resulted in the loss of passengers on the flight they shot down, but also makes Trump look heroic to his followers. They see the shoot down and international reaction to it, .plus the internal demonstrations now by Iranians, as justification of Trump's policy and actions toward Iran.

And what about the lack of consultation with Congress since this was NOT a 'sudden' emergency event?

[rockfordfile]

16. Why post that? Nobody cares what trump supporters think

[wnylib]

18. What a short-sighted view to ignore the opposition

and what spin we are up against in debunking it. To fight your enemy you must know where they are. To counter spin with facts, it helps to know what the spin is.

This site is constantly full of threads about what Trumpists say, think, promote. So it seems that some people perhaps want to talk about it, even if they don't want to hear about it.

[wnylib]

19. Just to add - I phone banked and did

door to door canvassing in 3 different states in '08 and '12 for Obama. I found it was useful to know where people were at in their thinking in order to reach them. The groups I worked with agreed and found it helpful that I had lived in 2 of the states where we worked and was a native of the other state. Ostriches wearing ear plugs don't see or hear anything negative, so their asses are rather vulnerable sticking up in the air.

[Duppers]

20. +10

I very much agree. And their views are often discussed here.

I also like advance knowledge of what b.s. to expect from my reichwing brother and neighbors.

[wnylib]

21. Thanks. it's often disturbing to kniw where

people are at, but, IMO, that's all the more reason.to make a point of knowing it in order to debunk it. Clinton won in '92 by making a point of countering spin the moment it emerged. Kerry ignored the swift boaters in the belief that it would blow over. It didn't.

[brush]

9. I don't believe that bit of revisionist history. We've already seen...

the video where the interviewer asked know-nothing trump about the Quds Force and he started going on about the Kurds.

He had no idea who Soleimani was.

[Dennis Donovan]

11. That interview was from 2015, predating much of timeframe Seth's reporting on.

[brush]

15. Oh, ok. Now if I could just believe trump's brain could retain info...

from years, even months ago. Doesn't it seem this is coming out to cover trump's ass for his impulsive, unwise decision to one-up Obama's take out of the hated Bin Ladin by killing Soleimani, who he only remembered because someone fucked up and included his name on a list of options presented to trump—especially since it has come out that there was no imminent threat to our embassies?

[IronLionZion]

14. Trump might have no idea, but his advisors/staffers definitely do

They would have convinced him to order it.

[panfluteman]

10. Military Goon and Hit Man for Hire...

That's another thing that Trump can add to his resume. And that's another country that Trump is politically beholden to for their help in his winning the election, and for their support in staying at his properties, of course.

[bucolic_frolic]

12. Asassination by shelf registration

as it might be known in the securities business. Or a good-til-cancelled order.

[patphil]

13. Sounds like another Quid Pro Quo

Help elect me and I'll take out a general for you.

[mysteryowl]

17. Nothing but lies come out from the WH

[spanone]

22. trump is shifty enough to know that this would be his 'wild card' in impeachment or.....

...or any other situatiion that might arise and need a crucial diversion