Of all the complaints about the killing of the terrorist General Soleimani, the worst comment came from Democrat Representative Elissa Slotkin of Michigan.
She said that she saw Soleimani kill her friends and colleagues, but she helped keep him alive nonetheless.
This is simply amazing. Bragging that you know the guy was a killer and a terrorist, but fighting to save his life in spite of that?
On Thursday, President Trump gave the military the order to kill General Qassim Soleimani, a top commander of Iran’s al-Quds Force.
Also killed in the attack was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.
Slotkin said that the motivation for not killing Soleimani was it was not worth the retaliation that might ensue.
It’s amazing to me that she freely admits that she would rather keep a butcher alive than to possibly – maybe – suffer retaliation.
It’s one thing to be feckless, and it’s another thing to brag about being feckless.
Via The Warroom:
Rep. Slotkin (D-MI 8) admitted on January 3rd that despite Soleimani’s contribution to the slaughter of her colleagues and friends, she did not think he was worth targeting.
She wrote:
“As a former Shia militia analyst who served multiple tours in Iraq and worked at the White House under both Presidents Bush and Obama, and later at the Pentagon, I participated in countless conversations on how to respond to Qassem Soleimani’s violent campaigns across the region.
“If you worked on the Middle East over the past 20 years, you dealt with the growing organization and sophistication of Soleimani’s covert and overt military activities, which have contributed to significant destabilization across the region.
“I watched friends and colleagues get hurt or killed by Iranian rockets, mortars and explosive devices that were provided to Iraqi proxies and used against U.S. forces under Soleimani’s guidance.
“We watched as his power increased and he brought strength and capability to groups in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Yemen, and to smaller cells around the Middle East and the world, with devastating consequences.
“What always kept both Democratic and Republican presidents from targeting Soleimani himself was the simple question: Was the strike worth the likely retaliation, and the potential to pull us into protracted conflict?
Her full statement on her involvement in keeping the world’s leading terrorist alive can be read here.
