Iran’s Revolutionary Guard General Amir Ali Hajizadeh today warned the US against attempts to assassinate any members of the Quds Force, saying that “if they kill one of us we will kill dozens of them.”
The comments were immediate spun into a “threat” against the US, but were actually in response to testimony by retired US General Jack Keane, who told Congress that the US needed to start assassinating Quds Force members as part of a policy of large-scale escalation.
Keane was backed by former CIA agent Reuel Marc Gerecht, who also told Congress that the only way to get Iran’s attention was to “shoot somebody.” The comments come in the context of weeks of new threats by the US and Israel to attack Iran.
Assassination has been a hot subject recently, with US officials accusing the Quds Force of a bizarrely convoluted plot against a Saudi Ambassador, and the Iranian government complaining to the UN about US assassination of scientists.
The only way to get Iran’s attention was to “shoot somebody?” Who but very sick criminals could make such statements? Are they trying to set an example? If US citizens have difficulty in getting their leaders attention, then they too should shoot a few of them? When does this insanity end?
And the members of congress who hear such statements just sit and listen to them? Have they lost all of their dignity? I no longer feel sorry for the humiliation they are experiencing from AIPAC and Israel, because they deserve every bit of it. They have no pride and deserve no respect, not from law abiding citizens anyway. Although I don´t agree with AIPAC or Israel, I will cheer them on in their continued humiliation of a humiliated congress.
Under international law – if there ever were a country having the right to make a preemptive strike, then it would be Iran.
"If US citizens have difficulty in getting their leaders attention, then they too should shoot a few of them?" … Wait a minute there. You might be onto something. I'm all for our dear leaders shaking in their boots over the prospect of having to eat lead for dragging us into the pit because of their warmongering madness. Best to leave the rest of the world alone when you have nuts running the insane asylum.
Someone needs to desperately call for the assassination of Barak and Netanyahu
Iran should target every single house and senate member if they are attacked. The American people would cheer the demise of the "bought" cretins destroying the middle class, and the country as a whole.
Retaliation of self defense?