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RWW Compiles A List Of Right Wing Pundits Cheering Killing Of Iranian Leader
When news broke last night that the United States had killed Iran’s top intelligence and military commander, celebrations ensued in the right-wing pundit-sphere.
The U.S. military conducted a drone strike in Iraq that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and “several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Tehran,” The New York Times reported. In response, Iran’s supreme leader issued a statement calling for three days of mourning before the country retaliates. The Times reported that former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama had declined to kill Soleimani during their administrations, “fearing it would lead to war between the United States and Iran.”
Critics of the move fear that the escalation could lead to further conflict in the region, but right-wing commentators roundly lauded the president’s authorization of Soleimani’s killing.
Ben Shapiro wrote that the airstrike that killed Soleimani was “utterly righteous.”
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The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh said that being anti-war is a “stupid, unserious position for children and idiots.”
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Senior Trump campaign advisor Katrina Pierson recirculated President Donald Trump’s caps-locked threat to the president of Iran in July 2018 and captioned it “Promises made – promises kept!”
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Newsbusters managing editor Curtis Houck suggested that news outlets that reported on the killing as an “assassination” had “similar goals” to the country of Iran, because Iranians are also using the same terminology.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-pundits-cheer-killing-of-iranian-military-leader/
The U.S. military conducted a drone strike in Iraq that killed Maj. Gen. Qassim Soleimani, the commander of Iran’s elite Quds Force, and “several officials from Iraqi militias backed by Tehran,” The New York Times reported. In response, Iran’s supreme leader issued a statement calling for three days of mourning before the country retaliates. The Times reported that former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama had declined to kill Soleimani during their administrations, “fearing it would lead to war between the United States and Iran.”
Critics of the move fear that the escalation could lead to further conflict in the region, but right-wing commentators roundly lauded the president’s authorization of Soleimani’s killing.
Ben Shapiro wrote that the airstrike that killed Soleimani was “utterly righteous.”
<snip>
The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh said that being anti-war is a “stupid, unserious position for children and idiots.”
<snip>
Senior Trump campaign advisor Katrina Pierson recirculated President Donald Trump’s caps-locked threat to the president of Iran in July 2018 and captioned it “Promises made – promises kept!”
<snip>
Newsbusters managing editor Curtis Houck suggested that news outlets that reported on the killing as an “assassination” had “similar goals” to the country of Iran, because Iranians are also using the same terminology.
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-pundits-cheer-killing-of-iranian-military-leader/
I'm not defending Soleimani, but the Trump trolls are some sick, sick people out there. And the blood lust coming from the MAGA crowd certainly isn't helping things. Good day to stay off social media.
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