They think they could sit down with the jihadis and make a deal. And maybe they could. But such a deal would be as disastrous for the U.S. and the world as the Iran nuclear deal.
“Buttigieg, Sanders & Biden Hit Trump for Eliminating Soleimani,” Clarion Project, February 10, 2020:
What would have been the fate of premier Iranian terror leader Qasem Soleimani under Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders or Joe Biden, some of the leading Democrat candidates for president? Would they have chosen to eliminate him as did President Trump or would he still be alive, free to wreak his jihadi terror on American forces?
That was a question posed to the candidates during the last Democrat debate February 8, 2019, reported The Daily Wire.
Arch terrorist Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Quds Force of the Revolutionary Guards, was the ruthless architect of the Iranian proxy wars in Iraq, Yemen, Syria and Libya. He was personally responsible for hundreds of America deaths in the region and central to Iran’s ties with terrorist organizations Hezbollah and Hamas.
At the time of his assassination, which was ordered by Trump, the U.S. government said he was planning imminent and deadly attacks on U.S. interests in the region.
During the Democrat debate, the candidates were asked by the ABC moderator, “Given what you know about Soleimani, if your national security team came to you with an opportunity to strike, would Soleimani have been dead or would he still be alive under your presidency?”
Shockingly, all three candidates opposed Trump’s decision to eliminate Soleimani. Take a look at their answers:
- Buttigieg, a veteran, complained it was a bad idea, claiming Trump didn’t know what he was doing
- Sanders stated the move would lead to international anarchy
- Biden (who opposed the hit on Osama bin Laden, made by the Obama administration while Biden was vice president) said there was no evidence of imminent threat. (Was Biden really privy to the high-level security briefings about that threat?)
This what the U.S. State Department had to say about Soleimani:
Since 1998, Qassem Soleimani commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods Force (IRGC-QF), the terror arm of the Iranian regime. The IRGC-QF is tasked with planning and executing terror and military operations outside Iran’s borders. Under Soleimani’s command, the IRGC-QF has fueled destabilizing sectarian conflicts throughout the Middle East for decades.
The IRGC-QF continues to wage an illegal campaign of terrorism, assassinations, and violence. At Soleimani’s direction and with his oversight and guidance, the IRGC-QF has planned and conducted terrorist attacks across six continents and inside the United States….