As the new year of 2020 dawned, U.S. airstrikes succeeded in killing Qasem Soleiman, who was major general in the Iraqi armed forces, in a missile attack.
As soon as Iranians finished mourning their assassinated general while shouting "Death to America", which is what they have been doing since becoming an Islamic republic 40 years ago, the world waited to see what they would do next. The response came on Tuesday when they bombed American military bases in Iraq, leaving behind--amazingly enough--no casualties.
It was then that the Iranians decided to close the matter if the Americans were willing to do the same. Trump, content to claim victory by killing who he thought was a danger to U.S. security, agreed.
It's no secret that Trump doesn't get along with the mullahs of Tehran. The President has pulled out of a nuclear treaty because of Iran's alleged cheating, then sought to keep its citizens from emigrating to this country. If that wasn't enough, Trump could always issue more economic sanctions.
For now, the United States and Iran are not at war. Not when there are still American troops "advising" in Afghanistan. But that could change, so we're told, if Iran starts kidnapping U.S. citizens still living in Tehran, makes cyber attacks, or uses other forms of terrorism.
Of course, Trump has other fish to fry. He's got a possible trial going in the Senate that could help determine whether he keeps his job or not, but majority leader Mitch McConnell wants this over with without so much as hearing from witnesses. So the question is what kind of distraction will the president try to spring next?
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