On January 2, 2020 Major General Qassem Soleimani, leader of the foreign wing of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi al-Mohandes were killed in Iraq when the convoy they were traveling in was struck on a road near Baghdad International Airport. U.S. President Donald Trump announced he ordered the attack after U.S. intelligence agencies learned that that General Soleimani was actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and service members in Iraq. Iran’s foreign minister called the attack and act of terrorism and Ayatollah Khamenei promised “harsh revenge.” NATO offered support for the U.S. and stated that NATO member countries had been alarmed about Iran’s support for ISIS and its activities in the Middle East.
47% Yes |
53% No |
42% Yes |
34% No |
5% Yes, Iran has supported ISIS and their actions continue to destabilize the Middle East |
11% No, this could unnecessarily start another war in the Middle East |
0% Yes, and we should start a war with Iran |
8% No, the strike was illegal since it was not approved by The U.S. Congress |
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@8KSXJ663yrs3Y
No, a diplomatic option should have been considered first. If that failed, then yes.
@8KSWHLY3yrs3Y
yes and no, yes because he was planning on bombing us and we did it before them to prevent them from killing our people and give warning to not come at us because we will come back but on the other hand it was an illegal strike because it wasn't approved by the u.s congress
@8KSFZY43yrs3Y
No. Not only was the strike illegal, but the reasoning behind it was completely unjustified. Killing a general—a general whose country was invaded by a foreign military, a country where many innocent citizens were killed simply due to where they lived—for defending his country is wrong. Yes, he and his military also killed US soldiers, but that is no justification for an illegal strike with the sole intention of killing him.
@8KS3TD93yrs3Y
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@8KRV2PJ3yrs3Y
No, he should be captured and tried in international court.
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@Activ1stGeorge2 days2D
The former president claimed that such an attack would not happen with him in office, despite a 2020 attack from Iran injuring 100 U.S. troops.The missile attack Kinzinger referenced was carried out by Iran against two U.S. military bases in Iraq in early January 2020, in retaliation for the assassination of Iranian Revolutionary Guard general Qassem Soleimani a few days prior, which had been ordered by Trump. In the wake of the attack, over 100 troops were injured and diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries.In a September 2021 podcast interview, Alyssa Farah Griffin claimed that, at the time of the attack when she was serving as press secretary for the Pentagon, she felt pressured by the administration to downplay the injuries caused by the Iranian attack. Trump, she claimed, insisted that the attack caused no casualties and called the reported injuries "headaches" and "not very serious."
@ISIDEWITH2wks2W
Iran has vowed to retaliate after it accused Israel of bombing its embassy complex in Syria on Monday, in a deadly escalation of regional tensions over the war in Gaza that once again appeared to raise the risk of a wider Middle Eastern conflict.The airstrike destroyed the consulate building in the capital Damascus, killing at least seven officials including Mohammed Reza Zahedi, a top commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC), and senior commander Mohammad Hadi Haji Rahimi, according to Iran’s Foreign Ministry.At least 6 Syrian citizens were also killed, Iranian state television reported on Tuesday.Zahedi, a former commander of the IRGC’s ground forces, air force, and the deputy commander of its operations, is the most high-profile Iranian target killed since then-US President Donald Trump ordered the assassination of IRGC Gen. Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad in 2020.Iran and Syria accused Israel of authoring the attack, with Tehran warning of a “serious response,” and the powerful Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah saying the strike will be met with “punishment and revenge.” Iran also said it would hold the United States “answerable” due to its support of Israel.Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Israel would be punished for the attack, while President Ebrahim Raisi said it will “not go unanswered,” state news agency IRNA reported.The Israeli military told CNN it does not comment on foreign reports. However, a military spokesperson said Israel believes the target struck was a “military building of Quds forces” — a unit of the IRGC responsible for foreign operations.“According to our intelligence, this is no consulate and this is no embassy,” Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari told CNN. “I repeat, this is no consulate and this is no embassy. This is a military building of Quds forces disguised as a civilian building in Damascus.”Four unnamed Israeli officials acknowledged that Israel carried out the attack, the New York Times reported.CNN cannot verify the Times’ report, nor independently verify the claims from Iran, Syria and Israel.
@KittenCamila3mos3MO
Iran blamed Israel and the United States on Wednesday for twin bomb blasts that killed at least 84 people in the country's south, ripping through a crowd commemorating Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani four years after his death in a US strike.The two explosions – labelled a "terrorist attack" by state media and regional authorities – came amid high Middle East tensions over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza and the killing of a Hamas senior leader in Lebanon on Tuesday.The unclaimed attacks, which sparked fears of a widening conflict in the region, rattled global markets, where oil prices jumped more than three percent and sparked global condemnation."Washington says USA and Israel had no role in terrorist attack in Kerman, Iran. Really? A fox smells its own lair first," the Iranian president's political deputy, Mohammad Jamshidi, wrote on X, formerly Twitter."Make no mistake. The responsibility for this crime lies with the US and Zionist regimes (Israel) and terrorism is just a tool," he added.
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