Escalatory spiral. A big part of this is that the United States decided to push , includingm pressure getting United States out of the joint comprehensive plan of action, the iran deal. That meant that we were putting pressure on the iranian government, and the iranian government decided to respond in various ways. Through proxies and other things. We have seen a spiral. If you think back over the last couple of years, you have had the tanker tax in the gulf, the attack on the saudi oil facilities, the tightening of the sanctions, you have also aen this contractor death and ratcheting up of these tensions. The worry that a lot of people have is that we are on a spiral. Owards a hot war the question is, whats next . In International Politics you have to talk about how the enemy gets a vote, the other side gets a vote, and a big part of this is how will iran respond . Its hard to say. Youve heard people talking and iran about a military strike on a military target. But who knows, that co
Reporter iran has bought retaliation after a airstrike killed suleimani. The general has been blamed for the deaths of hundreds of american soldiers. The state department accused suleimani of a bruising violent protest in baghdad. President trump ordered the strikes, secretary of state mike pompeo defended the president s decision. The risk of doing nothing was enormous. Also, highly risky, doing nothing in this region shows weakness. It emboldens iran. Reporter the u. S. Embassy issued a travel advisory urging u. S. Citizens to leave iraq. U. S. Cities are also on high alert. New york officials are taking steps to protect key locations. We are now facing a threat that is greater than anything we have faced previously. Over the last 20 years this city, more than any other, has suffered the results of terrorism. Reporter Many Democrats called the air attack reckless and dangerous. Nancy pelosi released a statement saying this action was taken without Consulting Congress pursed. She said
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Last night at my direction, the United States military executed a flawless strike that terminated the terrorist ringleader responsible for gravely wounding and murdering thousands and thousands of people and hundreds and hundreds at least of americans. Qassem suleimani has been killed and his bloody rampage is now forever gone. Lou the commanderinchief obviously taking decisive and bold action to end the thuggish reign of irans Qassem Suleimani as leader of the iranian quds force. He had a lot of american blood on his hands, responsible for killing more than 600 of our troops in the iraq war. Some put the estimates much higher than that. Suleimani, the chief exporter of iran state sponsor terrorism, but because of President Trump, and our unrivalled military, the suleimani legend is ended. He got what he deserved. The president last night directing an airstrike in baghdad to kill suleimani, just days after an attack on the u. S. Embassy in baghdad by iranian backed militiamen who were
President trump good afternoon. My most solemn duty as the defense of our nation and its citizens last night at my direction, the United States military successfully executed a flawless precision strike that killed the number one terrorist sowhere in the world, quasem leimani. Soleimany was plotting sinister attacks on diplomats and American Military personnel, but we caught him in the act and terminated him. Leadership, americas policy is unambiguous to terrorists who harm or intend to harm any american. We will find you. We will eliminate you. We will always protect our diplomats, service members, allamericans, and our allies. For years the Islamic Revolutionary guard corps and its ruthless quds force, under imany as leadership has targeted and killed hundreds of american servicemen. The recent attacks on iraq, including rocket strikes that killed an american and injured four american servicemen very badly, as well as a violent assault on our embassy in baghdad, were carried out at t