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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 12:26pm On Jan 08, 2020
maasoap:


E be like say u missed road.


Says the extremists Islam that has crossed paths with me time and again but forgotten I know who he is. America isn't against Islam. Perpetuate another lie please. There are. Muslims in political offices in U. K AND US. and this isn't a war on Islam but on a. Serial killer.



Go and read your quran well and practice the teachings of mohammed. But quit hypocrisy. Consistent Alabosi angry
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by Nmezor(f): 12:27pm On Jan 08, 2020
Ebenezar2020:
do you have a crush on me?
Seems you like me cool
why will I HV any on u tongue sad sad Do I even know you? Seems ur high on something dude...I should be asking u the question oga tongue...I have seen ur hand work on my comments here . .. Continue dont stop okay. undecided .. Me no get ur time
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 12:28pm On Jan 08, 2020
gobuchinny:


My man let us face our country for every nation is rogue and Nigeria being the worse. Russia provides infrastructure to its populace. What has your nation done? Will God leave Nigeria and destroy Russia. Trust me, Nigeria is on God's radar of destruction even more that Russia.




My brother no be me. Move topic go front page. About. My. Country we warned against voting buhari people didn't listem


There are intelligence reports of foreigners and some strange elements trooping in in numbers due to buhari visa on arrival policy. Northern borders are open while Southern short. Am I the cause of these problems?



I did my part went to the streets faced terror and was almost beaten up and lynched in the streets because I was telling people the truth. Alas today, has buhari significantly improved on anything he met angry
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by ojobek: 12:33pm On Jan 08, 2020
God bless Russian, chief terrorist must go down
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by Nobody: 12:33pm On Jan 08, 2020
Nobody wants a war with USA and Russia on opposite Side. E go mad o
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by laiza(m): 12:37pm On Jan 08, 2020
Omoslim26:


trash trash and more trash

all i detect here is fallacy ad hominem

you want to sound intelligent bt you forget to note dat war is a big business wen all dis hollabaloo plays into reality if russia china isreal or anyother world power feels its good business they would stand with USA

writing off the chances of those countries you mention to support USA
is being circumscribed in reasoning
Please tell me only one time that Isreal, Japan or Saudi or even almighty US has in anytime in history attacked Iran, I mean Iranian soil?

It has never happen. Donald Trump saying he will desecrate Iranian historical sites or monuments was just speaking gibberish, If he tries that then all gloves are off. The United States has more monuments than any other country in the world, so who will loose in a long protracted war. And before you answer that please do remember that it took almighty US more than 6 years to defeat Iraq or Afghanistan and those are smaller countries both in land mass and weaponry compared to Iran. Saudi only do proxy wars in Yemen, Iraq and all the other smaller Arabian peninsula and Japan is mightier, no doubt but the question is why should they join the war with Iran? What do they have to gain in it?

They can just sit back and relax let the two kill each other and they will finish off whoever is left standing. Boom, new world power comes to play, or you think they do not want to be world power too? They colonized China BTW.

This is world politics, and everyone is only looking out for his/her own interest. Nothing more.
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by maasoap(m): 12:41pm On Jan 08, 2020
healthserve:



Says the extremists Islam that has crossed paths with me time and again but forgotten I know who he is. America isn't against Islam. Perpetuate another lie please. There are. Muslims in political offices in U. K AND US. and this isn't a war on Islam but on a. Serial killer.



Go and read your quran well and practice the teachings of mohammed. But quit hypocrisy. Consistent Alabosi angry

Use your head now! What did you know about that man before Trump murdered him? Was he declared wanted by any organisation? What were his crimes with hard evidence apart from the ones manufactured by the Trump after his assassination? Is it not against the common sense labelling someone, a serving general a terrorist after killing him? Don't be mumu now. Make your parents proud. Oniranu

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 12:43pm On Jan 08, 2020
maasoap:


Use your head now! What did you know about that man before Trump murdered him? Was he declared wanted by any organisation? What were his crimes with hard evidence apart from the ones manufactured by the Trump after his assassination? Is it not against the common sense labelling someone, a serving general a terrorist after killing him? Don't be mumu now. Make your parents proud. Oniranu




Olodo. When you won't follow intelligent sources. Yet to be classified information shows he was supporting terrorists actively and was. Privately shown TO Nato in a meeting after the strike that's yet to be made. Public


Go and study. Pray to be delivered of the hatred of/for America
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by noisy45(m): 12:43pm On Jan 08, 2020
Sirheny007:
Russia: "A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma"

Remind me that book you took that excerpt from






Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by igbesachick: 12:46pm On Jan 08, 2020
robotix:
that is because the US is not the kind of person they portray themselves to be.

Libya was destroyed by US.

You have to read history bro. America will pay anyone to destroy a country.

Do you know that Osama Bin Ladin is a creation of the US? There are so many of such instances.


so what? i hate those destroyed countries more than usa. they deserve .
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by thundafire: 12:46pm On Jan 08, 2020
Dey way am seeing this Russia and USA will go head to head soon
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by maasoap(m): 12:48pm On Jan 08, 2020
healthserve:

Olodo. When you won't follow intelligent sources. Yet to be classified information shows he was supporting terrorists actively and was. Privately shown TO Nato in a meeting after the strike that's yet to be made. Public


Go and study. Pray to be delivered of the hatred of/for America

To some of you, whatever America did is the right thing. Why? Because they know that there are too many mumus like you who would swallow everything line, hook and sinker. "yet to be declassified" my as$. Mumu follow follow mentality

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by Ebenezar2020(m): 12:48pm On Jan 08, 2020
Nmezor:
why will I HV any on u tongue sad sad Do I even know you? Seems ur high on something dude...I should be asking u the question oga tongue...I have seen ur hand work on my comments here . .. Continue dont stop okay. undecided .. Me no get ur time
send a pm let's talk cool
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 12:51pm On Jan 08, 2020
maasoap:


To some of you, whatever America did is the right thing. Why? Because they know that there are too many mumus like you who would swallow everything line, hook and sinker. "yet to be declassified" my as$. Mumu follow follow mentality



My brother. You can Google up. Na. Sheeeeu. Go bbc go check. I used facts you're using rants and insults. Well I'm not. Shocked


FYI, the US militarily classifies information for as up. To 15 years depending on how its release can alter the topography of any battlefield.


I wish you spend more time studying. kiss
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by igbesachick: 12:51pm On Jan 08, 2020
Lighthammer:

i laff in swahili
so japan only can finish russia and china?

hahaha

already happened in history.

and japan defeated china 2 times in modern history.

japan defeated russia in 1905.
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by tundess: 12:51pm On Jan 08, 2020
Mandela was a terrorist till 2008.
Because America designated him so in the 1980s. grin grin

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by OLAJADON: 12:53pm On Jan 08, 2020
healthserve:




Indeed. The aid workers aren't human beings and the serial killer disguised as a war general is brandished as the victim... Smh
when he served as an ambassador to promote USA goal in 2015 he wasn't an enemy ba, but now when they are not on same terms he is now about to attack them, yeye dey smell.
like I said before HYPOCRISY
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by VicM6: 12:54pm On Jan 08, 2020
RUGGED NATION...... Russia is a terrorist nation..... supporting and backing terrorist...... then how can we win and stop boko boys when it is this werey country dat is backing them up.....


But laslas in the endtime.... Russia will be the doom of America
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by noisy45(m): 12:55pm On Jan 08, 2020
laiza:
Errm eskis sir, UK is not going to war, not anytime soon. Isreal already backed out, Saudi Arabia wouldnt dare, France may or may not depending on which pant Emmanuel Macron is putting on the day US strikes Iran again, Angela Merkel would never go to war with Iran, not after holding on to trapped Iran money in German banks, the fear of Russia is the beginning of wisdom for that woman anyway, and Japam.....you make me laugh in swahilli or let me say open Island waters.

What you lot do not understand is this; China will probably want to be an umpire like they have always done in the past but when they remember Huawei and all the ban Donald Trump placed on Chinese goods they will want to reconsider. Russia will supply ballistic missles to Iraq, but we all know it is for Iran and they will definitely join the war, the question is when, because just like China, Germany, Japan and Iran....they all have one thing in common now, getting Donald Trump to apologize or at least get served with the same plate he served them all the trade wars.

Oil dey your head
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by robotix: 12:55pm On Jan 08, 2020
igbesachick:


so what? i hate those destroyed countries more than usa. they deserve .
Libya deserve it too?

There is no point engaging you beyond this cos you clearly do not know how the death of ghaddaffi affects you.

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by mach7(m): 12:55pm On Jan 08, 2020
BabaO2:
Russia is not at the top, they are at the pedestal just as Iran and Iraq. Russia can't survive war with any of the European powers: Germany, France, Britain even Italy.
Russia is at the pedestal, and can't survive a war with the European powers?? shocked grin ....A country that has the most number of active nuclear warheads, the second most number of nuclear submarines and the first country to put hypersonic weapons into service. You are very very far from the reality sir.

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by Nmezor(f): 12:58pm On Jan 08, 2020
Ebenezar2020:
send a pm let's talk cool
Get lost abeg, does it look as if I wana chat with type... Ur such a p.e.s.t.
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by igbesachick: 1:00pm On Jan 08, 2020
robotix:
Libya deserve it too?

There is no point engaging you beyond this cos you clearly do not know how the death of ghaddaffi affects you.

well, at least he was a dictator and a guy responsible for an airplane crash.

that is reason enough to get rid of him .

i dont see why you sympathize with lybia? it needed a liberation and it got one. that is good for it.
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by maasoap(m): 1:01pm On Jan 08, 2020
healthserve:


My brother. You can Google up. Na. Sheeeeu. Go bbc go check. I used facts you're using rants and insults. Well I'm not. Shocked

FYI, the US militarily classifies information for as up. To 15 years depending on how its release can alter the topography of any battlefield.

I wish you spend more time studying. kiss

Your mumu still never do?

The Trump administration continues to insist that Soleimani was killed because he was about to launch an imminent terror campaign, without providing any evidence for the assertion. There is increasing scepticism about the claim and the questions are not going to go away. There are too many memories of Saddam Hussein and his non-existent WMD arsenal. The repercussions from the assassination in Baghdad will continue for a very long time.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/qassem-soleimani-death-iran-baghdad-middle-east-iraq-saudi-arabia-a9272901.html

Go and read this article. You will see that there is no classified information anywhere. USA doesn't want peace in Middle East because they mostly profited from instability in the region.


Iraq’s prime minister revealed that he, Qassem Soleimani was due to be meeting the Iranian commander to discuss moves being made to ease the confrontation between Shia Iran and Sunni Saudi Arabia – the crux of so much of strife in the Middle East and beyond.
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by SangoOlukosoOba(m): 1:01pm On Jan 08, 2020
Dikegodspower:
Russia and hypocrisy is like bread and butter
but the day of reckoning is near


Russia will forever be against America.

Forget open smiles
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 1:02pm On Jan 08, 2020
maasoap:


Your mumu still never do?



Go and read this article. You will see that there is no classified information anywhere. USA doesn't want peace in Middle East because they mostly profited from instability in the region.







Try better than insults. Bye
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by Ubiman(m): 1:07pm On Jan 08, 2020
SOLEIMANI WAS NO ANTI-IMPERIALIST HERO, U.S. LIBERALS HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY IN PURSUIT OF SELFISH POLITICAL GAINS AND IRAQ HAS A VOICE THAT IS NOT ITS OWN

Immediately after news broke of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, some left-wing circles in the West proclaimed with great confidence - yet again - that World War III was around the corner. Previously, these same warnings of global doom were evoked when US President Donald Trump ordered rather toothless strikes on empty military targets in Syria and escalated his rhetoric against North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

And just as a world war did not break out on these previous occasions, it will not break out now either.

Much of the left in the West (the same ones who describe themselves as progressives) also viciously attacked people in the Middle East who celebrated the deaths of Soleimani and al-Muhandis. While it is wrong to praise Trump's decision to assassinate the two commanders as a "noble deed", framing what happened within the old, tired left-wing narrative of US imperialism erases the regional context and the suffering of millions of people in the Middle East at the hands of other powers.

Indeed, it is important to expose Trump's recklessness and political opportunism, but it is inexcusable to ignore the crimes of Soleimani and al-Muhandis and those whom they served.

Trump's motives
With an upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, more Americans disapproving than approving of his presidency, and an election coming up, Trump is trying to cement his position in US politics and play to his base. His term has been marked by no clear domestic or foreign policy agendas, frequent golfing trips that prompt ethical questions about how federal dollars are being spent, and Twitter meltdowns that often do not have anything to do with reality. In short, when Trump ordered the assassinations, his presidency would not necessarily be described as successful.

While it is clear the US president was motivated by domestic considerations, in the aftermath of the attack, he claimed that he ordered it in the name of fighting global "terrorism" and that Soleimani's assassination meant his reign of "terror" was over.

This rhetoric might help him improve his ratings in advance of his re-election bid in November, but it is simply a lie that Soleimani's assassination will make the world a safer place. In fact, none of Trump's interventions in the Middle East has been of any consequence to the security of the region, contrary to what many on the right have claimed.

People in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere where Soleimani's Quds Force has been active will continue to suffer the consequences of Iran's foreign interference. Al-Muhandis' death and the limited attacks the United States has carried out on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMFs) will not disband the militia, which is heavily entrenched in Iraq.

Similarly, the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group did not make the region any safer from "terrorism". ISIL attacks have continued, and Russia and the Syrian regime have also continued to use the excuse of "anti-terror operations" to step up their military campaigns against civilians opposed to Bashar al-Assad's rule, killing hundreds and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Trump's 2017 and 2018 air raids on Syrian regime targets did nothing to prevent the sustained campaign of extermination Damascus has led against its own population. They also did not result in World War III or war with Russia that some left-wing pundits were predicting on social media.

In fact, throughout his term, Trump has been playing both camps - the right-wing hawks and the left-wing "anti-war" crusaders - with his constant shift of rhetoric between withdrawal and disengagement from the Middle East and aggressive action.

He "pulled out" of Syria, but sent back troops to "guard the oil". He promised tough action on Iran after attacks in the Gulf but did not retaliate the way his allies wanted.

It is about time that both sides admit Trump makes domestic and foreign policy decisions based on his ego and what suits him, not based on standing up for "our people" or some diabolic imperialistic plot.

Regional reactions in context
The assassinations of Soleimani and al-Muhandis gave some Middle East residents a sense of relief that they have finally been rid of two militia commanders who have brought much suffering to their communities.

But when Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis and other Arabs posted celebratory comments on the assassinations of two commanders they perceive as war criminals, Iran's defenders immediately criticised these people, resorting to insisting they didn't know anything about their own countries, claiming they are pro-imperialism.

In so doing, these self-identified leftists and "anti-war" activists once again downplayed the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the region. For them, the only civilian deaths that can be acknowledged are those caused by the military intervention of the US, Israel or their allies.

However, it is hard to cover up the crimes Iran and its regional proxies have committed over the past 10 years. Iran has backed and even advised on the brutal crackdown by the Syrian regime on opposition protests and later the mass killing of civilians through areal bombardment and merciless sieges; it has also sent Afghan refugee children to fight on its behalf in Syria. It has sent military equipment and personnel to the Houthis in Yemen, who just like their enemies, the Saudis and the Emiratis, have been accused of committing war crimes in the Yemeni conflict. In Iraq, they have supported and directed militias which have committed various crimes against Iraqi civilians.

In this sense, it is hardly surprising that Syrians who have gone through the trauma of losing friends and family in the siege of Aleppo and the insult of seeing images of Soleimani marching through their city (which they may never be able to return to) are celebrating his demise. It is also hardly surprising that Iraqi protesters, who have had to drag the bodies of friends shot in the head with Iranian military-grade gas grenades during attacks by Iranian-backed militias on their demonstrations, would now be cheering the demise of al-Muhandis who had been accused of directing the crackdown.

These same left-wing people who proclaim concern about foreign intervention, refuse to acknowledge the Iranian intervention in Syria, Yemen and Iraq when the people of those countries rebelled against authoritarianism, corruption, sectarianism, and socioeconomic collapse. When protests broke out in 2018 and 2019 in Iran against the Iranian authorities, they once again framed them in the foreign-sponsored regime-change narrative.

The constant need to defend the Iranian government, even against the protests of Iranian people who have suffered under this government, is an exercise in mental gymnastics. This is the same left-wing segment that equates criticism of Iran with being an ally of Israel, which is highly problematic given Iran and Israel are committing the same crimes in the Middle East.

Only US imperialism exists?
There has been much noise about US's breach of Iraqi sovereignty, but there has been little said of Iranian and Russian actions violating sovereignty in the region. The constant presence of Soleimani in Iraq to issue orders to Iraqi officials and forces is just one of many signs of Iran's lack of respect for Iraq's sovereignty. By the admission of these same leftists, Soleimani was intervening in Iraq to "fight" US intervention.

In Syria, what these self-proclaimed anti-war activists see as Iranian and Russian deployment at the invitation of a legitimate president, Syrians see as an occupation allowed by a dictator who they never elected in free and fair elections.

The debate around Soleimani and al-Muhandis' assassinations has served to illustrate, once again, the inconsistent perception by a segment of the "progressive" left of what constitutes "imperialism". They readily brand US and Israeli actions as imperialist; yet aggression by others - whether Russia, China, Iran or their allies - which causes equal damage and civilian deaths, is ignored, downplayed, or wrapped in "anti-terror" narratives (rather similar to the ones the US and Israel use).

Thus, US and Israeli attacks on the Iranian forces or the Assad regime have been decried as acts of imperialism while the mass killings of Syrian civilians by occupying powers Iran and Russia have been ignored, questioned or presented as "terrorist" deaths.

Criticising the US and Israel while ignoring the crimes of others, however, does no good for the people on the ground bearing the brunt of geopolitical battles between these global and regional powers. Crying "World War III is coming" every time the US engages in aggression also ignores the fact that millions of people in the Middle East and elsewhere, where US, Israeli and also Iranian, Russian and Chinese intervention have stirred conflict, are already living the realities of such a war.

Being truly anti-war would mean opposing aggression by all and condemning all those accused of war crimes - whether Qassem Soleimani or Eddie Gallagher.

Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/soleimani-anti-imperialist-hero-200105211451136.html
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by healthserve(m): 1:10pm On Jan 08, 2020
Ubiman:
SOLEIMANI WAS NO ANTI-IMPERIALIST HERO, U.S. LIBERALS HAVE LOST TOUCH WITH REALITY IN PURSUIT OF SELFISH POLITICAL GAINS AND IRAQ HAS A VOICE THAT IS NOT ITS OWN

Immediately after news broke of the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, some left-wing circles in the West proclaimed with great confidence - yet again - that World War III was around the corner. Previously, these same warnings of global doom were evoked when US President Donald Trump ordered rather toothless strikes on empty military targets in Syria and escalated his rhetoric against North Korea's Kim Jong Un.

And just as a world war did not break out on these previous occasions, it will not break out now either.

Much of the left in the West (the same ones who describe themselves as progressives) also viciously attacked people in the Middle East who celebrated the deaths of Soleimani and al-Muhandis. While it is wrong to praise Trump's decision to assassinate the two commanders as a "noble deed", framing what happened within the old, tired left-wing narrative of US imperialism erases the regional context and the suffering of millions of people in the Middle East at the hands of other powers.

Indeed, it is important to expose Trump's recklessness and political opportunism, but it is inexcusable to ignore the crimes of Soleimani and al-Muhandis and those whom they served.

Trump's motives
With an upcoming impeachment trial in the Senate, more Americans disapproving than approving of his presidency, and an election coming up, Trump is trying to cement his position in US politics and play to his base. His term has been marked by no clear domestic or foreign policy agendas, frequent golfing trips that prompt ethical questions about how federal dollars are being spent, and Twitter meltdowns that often do not have anything to do with reality. In short, when Trump ordered the assassinations, his presidency would not necessarily be described as successful.

While it is clear the US president was motivated by domestic considerations, in the aftermath of the attack, he claimed that he ordered it in the name of fighting global "terrorism" and that Soleimani's assassination meant his reign of "terror" was over.

This rhetoric might help him improve his ratings in advance of his re-election bid in November, but it is simply a lie that Soleimani's assassination will make the world a safer place. In fact, none of Trump's interventions in the Middle East has been of any consequence to the security of the region, contrary to what many on the right have claimed.

People in Yemen, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and elsewhere where Soleimani's Quds Force has been active will continue to suffer the consequences of Iran's foreign interference. Al-Muhandis' death and the limited attacks the United States has carried out on the Popular Mobilisation Forces (PMFs) will not disband the militia, which is heavily entrenched in Iraq.

Similarly, the killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the ISIL (ISIS) group did not make the region any safer from "terrorism". ISIL attacks have continued, and Russia and the Syrian regime have also continued to use the excuse of "anti-terror operations" to step up their military campaigns against civilians opposed to Bashar al-Assad's rule, killing hundreds and displacing hundreds of thousands.

Trump's 2017 and 2018 air raids on Syrian regime targets did nothing to prevent the sustained campaign of extermination Damascus has led against its own population. They also did not result in World War III or war with Russia that some left-wing pundits were predicting on social media.

In fact, throughout his term, Trump has been playing both camps - the right-wing hawks and the left-wing "anti-war" crusaders - with his constant shift of rhetoric between withdrawal and disengagement from the Middle East and aggressive action.

He "pulled out" of Syria, but sent back troops to "guard the oil". He promised tough action on Iran after attacks in the Gulf but did not retaliate the way his allies wanted.

It is about time that both sides admit Trump makes domestic and foreign policy decisions based on his ego and what suits him, not based on standing up for "our people" or some diabolic imperialistic plot.

Regional reactions in context
The assassinations of Soleimani and al-Muhandis gave some Middle East residents a sense of relief that they have finally been rid of two militia commanders who have brought much suffering to their communities.

But when Syrians, Iraqis, Yemenis and other Arabs posted celebratory comments on the assassinations of two commanders they perceive as war criminals, Iran's defenders immediately criticised these people, resorting to insisting they didn't know anything about their own countries, claiming they are pro-imperialism.

In so doing, these self-identified leftists and "anti-war" activists once again downplayed the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people in the region. For them, the only civilian deaths that can be acknowledged are those caused by the military intervention of the US, Israel or their allies.

However, it is hard to cover up the crimes Iran and its regional proxies have committed over the past 10 years. Iran has backed and even advised on the brutal crackdown by the Syrian regime on opposition protests and later the mass killing of civilians through areal bombardment and merciless sieges; it has also sent Afghan refugee children to fight on its behalf in Syria. It has sent military equipment and personnel to the Houthis in Yemen, who just like their enemies, the Saudis and the Emiratis, have been accused of committing war crimes in the Yemeni conflict. In Iraq, they have supported and directed militias which have committed various crimes against Iraqi civilians.

In this sense, it is hardly surprising that Syrians who have gone through the trauma of losing friends and family in the siege of Aleppo and the insult of seeing images of Soleimani marching through their city (which they may never be able to return to) are celebrating his demise. It is also hardly surprising that Iraqi protesters, who have had to drag the bodies of friends shot in the head with Iranian military-grade gas grenades during attacks by Iranian-backed militias on their demonstrations, would now be cheering the demise of al-Muhandis who had been accused of directing the crackdown.

These same left-wing people who proclaim concern about foreign intervention, refuse to acknowledge the Iranian intervention in Syria, Yemen and Iraq when the people of those countries rebelled against authoritarianism, corruption, sectarianism, and socioeconomic collapse. When protests broke out in 2018 and 2019 in Iran against the Iranian authorities, they once again framed them in the foreign-sponsored regime-change narrative.

The constant need to defend the Iranian government, even against the protests of Iranian people who have suffered under this government, is an exercise in mental gymnastics. This is the same left-wing segment that equates criticism of Iran with being an ally of Israel, which is highly problematic given Iran and Israel are committing the same crimes in the Middle East.

Only US imperialism exists?
There has been much noise about US's breach of Iraqi sovereignty, but there has been little said of Iranian and Russian actions violating sovereignty in the region. The constant presence of Soleimani in Iraq to issue orders to Iraqi officials and forces is just one of many signs of Iran's lack of respect for Iraq's sovereignty. By the admission of these same leftists, Soleimani was intervening in Iraq to "fight" US intervention.

In Syria, what these self-proclaimed anti-war activists see as Iranian and Russian deployment at the invitation of a legitimate president, Syrians see as an occupation allowed by a dictator who they never elected in free and fair elections.

The debate around Soleimani and al-Muhandis' assassinations has served to illustrate, once again, the inconsistent perception by a segment of the "progressive" left of what constitutes "imperialism". They readily brand US and Israeli actions as imperialist; yet aggression by others - whether Russia, China, Iran or their allies - which causes equal damage and civilian deaths, is ignored, downplayed, or wrapped in "anti-terror" narratives (rather similar to the ones the US and Israel use).

Thus, US and Israeli attacks on the Iranian forces or the Assad regime have been decried as acts of imperialism while the mass killings of Syrian civilians by occupying powers Iran and Russia have been ignored, questioned or presented as "terrorist" deaths.

Criticising the US and Israel while ignoring the crimes of others, however, does no good for the people on the ground bearing the brunt of geopolitical battles between these global and regional powers. Crying "World War III is coming" every time the US engages in aggression also ignores the fact that millions of people in the Middle East and elsewhere, where US, Israeli and also Iranian, Russian and Chinese intervention have stirred conflict, are already living the realities of such a war.

Being truly anti-war would mean opposing aggression by all and condemning all those accused of war crimes - whether Qassem Soleimani or Eddie Gallagher.

Source:
https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/soleimani-anti-imperialist-hero-200105211451136.html





Aljazeera a credible source. Lol


BTW, I'm sure the killings of the international aid workers and the onslaught and beseigement of the American embassy in Iraq was only a figment of my. Own imagination which even by U. N conventions States that attack on an embassy is attack against a nation. I'm sure these incidences and attack on equipment that didn't violate their air space and attack on Saudi and regional. Oil. Instalment ions to have tactical advantage and attack on war ship was all done by me. angry
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by igbesachick: 1:11pm On Jan 08, 2020
GOD BLESS AMERICA !

we welcome you , american army, an army of justice , to come to my country !

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Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by alabo1: 1:12pm On Jan 08, 2020
healthserve:





Indeed. Work bro. Try to repent and learn to interpret events as they occur not through the color of your hate.


Off to work bro. Bye

LOL. To be expected. Escapism is the recourse for those without facts coupled with use of illusory aspersions to counter superior logic. I wish you further illumination if you bother to read widely. Peace
Re: Russian Military Pays Respects To Soleiman Assassinated By The US by EdiskyHarry: 1:12pm On Jan 08, 2020
Astark:
Russia, China, iran, Iraq, Qatar
vs USA, UK,france,saudi Arabia,israel,germany And Japan
Wow
that's not all Russia, China, Iran, Utah, Qatar and North korea

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