ucd_pete t1_iufnhd8 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 11:27 PM

Reply to comment by isiscarry in Gunmen attack major Shiite holy site in Iran, killing 15 by marketrent

> For example the US used the general they droned a few years back as an intelligence expert wrt AQ back in the 00’s because he was considered a global expert on combatting them.

And that same general was instrumental in defeating ISIS. Once ISIS was gone, the US didn't want Iran-Iraq relations to get too close so they clipped him.

Zozorrr t1_iuhposn wrote on October 31, 2022 at 12:48 PM

He was also instrumental in murdering thousands of Iranian (and Iraqi) citizens. It’s no coincidence that the current protests have gone much further than previous ones where Soleimani still ran the murderous IRGC

ucd_pete t1_iuhrryj wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:06 PM

> He was also instrumental in murdering thousands of Iranian (and Iraqi) citizens.

Yeah but that's not why he was assassinated

hawkwings t1_iugeiww wrote on October 31, 2022 at 2:58 AM

When Obama ran for reelection, he bragged about killing Osama bin Laden. Trump wanted to do the same thing when he ran for reelection, so he killed somebody. I don't think that he cared that much one way or the other about General Soleimani. Both Israel and Saudi Arabia may have been OK with him killing a Shiite.

Teantis t1_iuhbmld wrote on October 31, 2022 at 10:12 AM

Israel and SA were way more than ok with Soleimani being killed and not because he was just a shiite. he was one of the most critical Iranian leaders in terms of organizing their actions beyond Iran's borders and Iran is both Israel and SA's number one regional rival. He was widely cited before his death as Iran's architect of its regional power

SA and Israel considered assassinating him way before the US did: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/world/middleeast/saudi-iran-assassinations-mohammed-bin-salman.html