“The American people would have said that we weren’t doing the right thing to protect and defend American lives. President Trump has been crystal clear.”Profile Who was Qassem Suleimani? Show Hide Qassem Suleimani, killed by a US drone strike in Baghdad, had become well known among Iranians and was sometimes discussed as a future president. Eighteen months before his death, Suleimani had issued Donald Trump a public warning, wagging his finger and dressed in olive fatigues. Making of a martyr: how Qassem Suleimani was hunted down Read moreOn ABC’s This Week, he said there had been “no scepticism” among senior leaders.

Source: The Guardian January 05, 2020 15:40 UTC