Another Lawfare Podcast Special Edition was published on Friday afternoon: The Soleimani Strike and Its Fallout
It is, again, an excellent source for perspective on the incident and what it means in the region.
The American drone strike last night that killed Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Quds Force, is a seismic event in U.S.-Iranian relations—and for the broader Middle East. We put together an emergency podcast, drawing on the resources of both Lawfare and the Brookings Institution and reflecting the depth of the remarkable collaboration between the two. Iran scholar Suzanne Maloney, terrorism and Middle East scholar Daniel Byman, Middle East scholar and former State Department official Tamara Cofman Wittes and former State Department lawyer and Baghdad embassy official Scott Anderson—who is also a Lawfare senior editor—came together the morning after the strike for a diverse discussion of the reasons for the operation, the vast repercussions of it, the legality of the strike and the role Soleimani played in the Iranian regime.
Also see:
“The Soleimani Strike: One Person Decides,” Jack Goldsmith. Examines the legality of the drone strike.
Heather Cox Richardson, “Letters from an American,” January 3, 2020.
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Killing a top Iranian general will calm, not inflame the middle east. In Islam reactions are reversed from what one might expect in the rest of the world.
Rather than lashing out in anger, muslims will interpret the attack as a sign that allah is not ready to grant them victory. So instead of attacking the US, they will now become reticent and seek allah’s favor. They only attack when they believe allah is ready to favor them by granting them victory. Since allah allowed the infidels to kill their general, that time is not now.
Aaron Matè’s GreyZone on UTube provides credible knowledge of history and current strike repercussions.
Trumps action was very stupid, no doubt guided by Israel & Saudis.