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Although Singer was initially anti-Trump, and although Trump once*attacked Singer*for his pro-immigration politics (“Paul Singer represents amnesty and he represents illegal immigration pouring into the country”), Trump is now essentially funded by three Jews—Singer, Bernard Marcus, and Sheldon Adelson, together accounting for*over $250 million in pro-Trump political money. In return, they want war with Iran. Employees of Elliott Management were one of the main sources of funding for the 2014 candidacy of the Senate’s most outspoken Iran hawk, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), who urged Trump to conduct a “retaliatory strike” against Iran for purportedly attacking two commercial tankers. These exploitative Jewish financiers have been clear that they expect a war with Iran, and they are lobbying hard and preparing to call in their pound of flesh. As one political commentator put it, “These donors have made their policy preferences on Iran plainly known. They surely expect a return on their investment in Trump’s GOP.”

Yashar Ali 🐘
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8. As I said in the beginning of this thread, Iran's Supreme Leader is going to see this as a major provocation/act of war. He will respond in a significant manner.

We shouldn't be surprised to see major cyber attacks against the US as an example
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9. We shouldn't be surprised to see the Supreme Leader order covert operations all over the globe (including, dare I say, in the US) that involve assassinations & other acts of terrorism

We should expect to see the most significant/aggressive response
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10. if what I'm expecting sounds alarmist...it's because this is a major, major event. I'm not interested in getting into whether it was the right or wrong decision but dealing with this plainly, if true, it was a major, major decision.
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11. To call Qasem Soleimani just a terrorist is to understate his role significantly and that's where the danger lies in killing him without a plan for the reaction.

He ordered and directed billions of dollars to organizations that engaged in terrorism. He is/was an evil man
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12. But killing Soleimani is not like killing the head of a terrorist org. It's like killing the head of a terrorist organization and a head of state. You have to treat it as such and the US has not DIRECTLY engaged in assassinations on that level in decades.
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13. CNN's
@arwaCNN
says it best just now: "we are in uncharted territory."
Yashar Ali 🐘
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14. For those who think Iran will respond with just traditional warfare, you're wrong. Solemani is responsible for, at a minimum, hundreds of US Soldiers deaths & much much more

But imagine how US would respond to a sitting VPbeing killed. Iran will respond at a similar level.
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15. The president just tweeted this. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/1212924762827046918?s=21
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump
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Yashar Ali 🐘
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16. The Iranian government has confirmed the death of Qasem Soleimani in Iraq.

Now that it's confirmed, allow me to say in plain English...this is a holy shit moment.

Again not just for US-Iran relations, not just in the Middle East, but a holy shit global event
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17. Breaking: The Pentagon has released a statement that "at the direction of the President " the United States has killed Qasem Soleimani

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18. I find this to be puzzling. Soleimani has always been planning covert/overt action. Why now?

Killing him to deter further plans (as statement notes) isn’t going to stop any of that

Punishing him for US Mil deaths is justified but is USG prepped for covert response?
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19. BTW when I say Soleimani was the 2nd most powerful man in Iran I am referring to foreign policy. President Rouhani has a great deal of domestic influence

But given Iran's expansion in the Mid East (Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, & Yemen) - Soleimani was 2nd only to Supreme Leader
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20. I'm seeing people say that Soleimani was next in line to be Supreme Leader. That is absolutely not the case.

Supreme Leaders are clerics, not military leaders. Iran doesn't work that way

Plus Soleimani's power came from being in the shadows, not dealing w/ domestic policy
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21. Statement from Iran’s Foreign Minister
@JZarif
on the US operation that killed Qasem Soleimani

“The US bears responsibility for all consequences of its rogue adventurism.”
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22. Statement from Gen David Petraeus (Ret) who knows a lot about Soleimani and had direct communication with him (see earlier in thread)

Via
@jaketapper
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23. I generally agree with this tweet. The Iranian regime is not suicidal. But they love to use covert action and that is actually much more destabilizing and terrifying than launching some missiles. https://twitter.com/gerardaraud/status/1212955685086007298?s=21
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Gérard Araud
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The Iranian regime is humiliated but weakened inside and outside the country. The US has proven it is strong and unpredictable. The Iranian response will include demonstrating and threatening but what else which could hurt the enemy without calling for a massive US reaction?
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24. Iran’s Supreme Leader has declared three days of mourning and is promising harsh revenge against the United States.
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25. Do most Iranians want to be ruled by this regime? No. But are they hyper-sensitive when it comes to anything perceived as US interference in Iranian affairs? Yes. Things like the coup organized by CIA has made Iranians deeply suspicious of US involvement.