Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Soleimani was not like bin Laden or Baghdadi

Bin Laden headed up Al Qaeda, and Baghdadi headed up ISIS. Both of these were non state terrorist movements.  Soleimani was the second most powerful member of the government of Iran. Assassinating him on the grounds of an ally, Iraq, was an act of war. Doing so without consulting with Congress was pretty close to a violation of the Constitution.

Soleimani deserved to die, and the world is better without him. But previous presidents, W and Obama, decided that declaring war against Iran was worse than working to oppose the actions of Soleimani. I agree.

Bullies only know about bullying. So it is with Trump and his cult.

America has plummeted from the heights of the Leader of the Free World to the depths of the Biggest  Bully. And a Stupid Bully at that.