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January 5, 2020

Leftists around America protest the death of a sadistic killer

By Andrea Widburg

One of the maxims attributed to Napoleon is “Never interfere with the enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself.” With Leftists across America protesting Qasem Soleimani’s death, now is the time for Republicans to stay out of their way.

Briefly, Soleimani was a mass murderer. Having gotten his start killing Kurds in Iran, over the years he ranged around the Middle East, and parts of Asia and Africa, where he slaughtered American troops in the thousands and Syrian, Iraqi, and African civilians in the hundreds of thousands. He also contributed to the world opioid crisis because he financed Iran’s regime by selling Afghani opiates.

As Andrew McCarthy explains, Soleimani was a legitimate military target:

When there are forcible threats to the United States, the president has not merely the power but the obligation to repel them. In large measure, that is why there is an Office of the President.

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Soleimani and al-Muhandis were in the act of making war on the United States. Not just plotting it, though there was plenty of that going on, too. 

In late 2019, the Hezbollah Brigades, backed by Soleimani, carried out repeated attacks on U.S. coalition forces in Iraq. There were 11 attacks on bases housing U.S. military personnel in just the last two months.

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It is worth bearing in mind that an attack on another nation’s embassy is, by itself, an act of war. [snip] Our government estimates that he was responsible for the killing of more than 600 U.S. troops during the fighting in Iraq — and that represents just some of his anti-American operations, coordinating the networks that target Americans and our interests throughout the region.

Because Soleimani was one of the world’s most prolific killers, it’s no surprise that people in Iraq and Syria, the two countries that suffered most from Soleimani’s sins, celebrated his death. Sensible people, too, should be pleased that Trump eliminated a military leader who was acting on behalf of a nation at war with the U.S. and who had the blood of countless civilians on his hands.

Progressives, however, are not sensible. According to VOA news, on Saturday approximately 200 people gathered in front of the White House to chant, "No justice, no peace, U.S. out of the Middle East." Without any irony whatever, one of the protesters stated, “This country is in the grip of somebody who's mentally unstable, I mean Donald Trump, that is. He's not right in the head.”

In the San Francisco Bay Area, people were also horrified that a global terrorist died. According to ABC7 News,

Protesters we talked to said the President's actions won't deter future attacks, but will only lead to more deaths on both sides.

"My reason for being here is don't Iraq Iran, we've been there, we've done that, it didn't work," Renay Davis, Code Pink Member. "We've created terrorist. We need this to stop. No more war."

Protesters say they're also calling for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and bases in the region.

CBS Chicago described the scene on Saturday as hundreds of people turned out to protest:

Hundreds of people gathered to protest downtown after President Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian general, raising fears of an escalating conflict in the Middle East.

The protesters, carrying “No War In Iran and U.S. Troops Out Of Iraq” signs, gathered near the Trump Hotel on Wacker Drive and marched down Michigan Avenue.

The group also shut down Lake Shore Drive, forcing the CTA to reroute buses. There was at least one person arrested, police said.

Here are protesters in New York:

USA Today has assembled a gallery of photographs showing protesters on Saturday in New York, D.C., St. Louis, Phoenix, Denver, and elsewhere, furiously angry that Trump ordered a strike on military target.

While it’s easy to dismiss these protests as the work of radical Leftists, as opposed to mere Progressives, keep in mind that everything the protesters are saying is what Democrat politicians, including all of the Democrat primary candidates have said, albeit in more measured tones:

(Amusingly, Leftists objected to Warren’s use of the word “murderer.”)

We'll give Mike Cernovich the last word on this one, since the media are the voices for the American Left:

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