- How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-trump-decided-to-kill-a-top-iranian-general/2020/01/03/77ce3cc4-2e62-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html 41 comments moderatepolitics
- WaPo | Trump's motivations for killing Soleimani: (1) "Sending a message" in response to Iranian aggression, (2) "Feeling that he looked weak" after he called off an airstrike against Iran earlier this year and was criticized by warhawks, and (3) avoiding appearing weak "like Obama after Benghazi". https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-trump-decided-to-kill-a-top-iranian-general/2020/01/03/77ce3cc4-2e62-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html 22 comments geopolitics
- How Trump decided to kill a top Iranian general https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/how-trump-decided-to-kill-a-top-iranian-general/2020/01/03/77ce3cc4-2e62-11ea-bcd4-24597950008f_story.html 16 comments politics
Linking pages
- Without Evidence of 'Imminent' Attack on Americans, the White House's Justification for Killing Iranian General Seems Hollow https://reason.com/2020/01/04/absent-evidence-of-imminent-attack-on-americans-white-houses-justification-for-killing-iranian-general-collapses/ 3427 comments
- Trump Decided to Kill Iran General Soleimani in Part to Appear Stronger Than Obama Was on Benghazi: Report https://www.newsweek.com/trump-general-soleimani-obama-benghazi-iran-1480389 1721 comments
- The official Trump line on Soleimani strike starts to unravel http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/the-official-trump-line-soleimani-strike-starts-unravel?amp%3Bfbclid=iwar29okm9biobx2itdvfhubckilviv101k37quckb0e0iyvcias9c4_-viqk&cid=sm_fb_maddow 168 comments
- Trump Bothered By Coverage Of Halted Airstrike - TPM – Talking Points Memo https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-soleimani-iran-aistrike-media-coverage 36 comments
- Trump was reportedly worried he looked weak on Iran before ordering airstrike against Soleimani | The Week https://theweek.com/speedreads/887585/trump-reportedly-worried-looked-weak-iran-before-ordering-airstrike-against-soleimani 30 comments
- Opinion | The Trump We Did Not Want to See - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/opinion/trump-iran-soleimani.html 17 comments
- Opinion | Trump’s Frightening Vision of the Presidency Is on Trial, Too - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/13/opinion/impeachment-trump-presidency.html 11 comments
- Iran Rhetoric Sounds Like the Lies that Led to War with Iraq – Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/six-flashbacks-iran-iraq-war-934222/ 10 comments
- Trump’s Next Impeachable Offense is Nigh | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/156136/trumps-next-impeachable-offense-nigh 9 comments
- Stumbling Into War - The American Prospect https://prospect.org/politics/stumbling-into-war-iran-iraq/ 4 comments
Linked pages
- American contractor killed in Iraq identified as Nawres Hamid - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/contractor-whose-death-trump-cites-was-a-naturalized-us-citizen-born-in-iraq/2020/01/07/afa7e774-31ac-11ea-91fd-82d4e04a3fac_story.html 109 comments
- In major escalation, American strike kills top Iranian commander in Baghdad - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/defense-secretary-says-iran-and-its-proxies-may-be-planning-fresh-attacks-on-us-personnel-in-iraq/2020/01/02/53b63f00-2d89-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html 105 comments
- Soleimani’s Quds Force saturated Iraq with EFPs, a deadly and advanced IED - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2020/01/03/soleimanis-legacy-gruesome-high-tech-ieds-that-haunted-us-troops-iraq/ 20 comments
- Trump pulls United States out of Iran nuclear deal, calling the pact ‘an embarrassment’ - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-will-announce-plans-to-pull-out-of-iran-nuclear-deal-despite-pleas-from-european-leaders/2018/05/08/4c148252-52ca-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html 20 comments
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