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U.S President Donald Trump has once again defended his decision the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. He alleged both the Democrats and his media critics of taking against the operation purely because of their opposition to the current administration. Trump was speaking with conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh on Monday. It is noteworthy that the U.S President admired last week’s drone strike that killed Soleimani and Iraqi Shiite militia leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis in Baghdad. This operation marked a significant escalation in the U.S-Iran conflict. It also prompted Tehran to vow revenge against the U.S forces in the Middle East. Soleimani was considered one of the most powerful figures within the Tehran regime. He was also close to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Soleimani was credited with masterminding 2 decades of Iranian military strategy abroad. Point to be noted that Republicans are admiring the ruthlessness and decisiveness of Trump’s decision. Trump and his senior officials have claimed that Soleimani was killed to stop imminent attacks against Americans. Democrats are leading calls for the administration to offer evidence justifying the killing of Soleimani. They urged the President not to drag the United States into another Middle East war. They have also criticized Trump for not notifying the U.S Congress of the planned attack. Trump informed Limbaugh that Soleimani led the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force, which oversaw Iran’s foreign military strategy and covert operations, was a terrorist.

Trump said, “They don’t want to call him a terrorist. Now the Democrats are trying to make him sound like he was a wonderful human being”. The former vice president Joe Biden described Soleimani as someone who supported terror and sowed chaos. He was committing crimes against American troops and thousands of innocents throughout the region. Pentagon also said Soleimani oversaw the arming of Iraqi insurgents during the U.S occupation of the country. At least 600 Americans deaths connected to Iranian-supplied weapons. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s initial statement said, “Soleimani a murderer, responsible for the deaths of thousands, including hundreds of Americans”. She also alleged Trump of destroying a working nuclear deal. She later said, “Now he’s assassinated a senior foreign military official. He’s been marching toward war with Iran since his first days in the office”.