Killing of Qassem Suleimani

Anti government protests now in Iran on the back of the government admitting that they brought down the plane.

Iraqi's protesting US military presence

There appears to be a serious momentum now to get the US war-mongers out of Iraq.
They have no, or little support, from the people. Both the government of Iraq and its people are making the call.
US War-Mongers Out!

UN expert deems drone strike on Soleimani 'unlawful killing'

There is insufficient evidence that an 'imminent attack' was to occur.

"The attack violated the U.N. Charter, Callamard wrote in a report calling for accountability for targeted killings by armed drones and for greater regulation of the weapons."

WolfeTone said:

Iraqi's protesting US military presence

There appears to be a serious momentum now to get the US war-mongers out of Iraq.
They have no, or little support, from the people. Both the government of Iraq and its people are making the call.
US War-Mongers Out!

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And what side of the debate are you in, in relation to the war mongering American dogs?

Purple said:

And what side of the debate are you in, in relation to the war mongering American dogs?

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Eh, against the War-mongers. I thought that was obvious?

To keep thread on-topic, I revert to the OP. I think the views expressed below have held up well.

cremeegg said:

This particular act is clearly murder

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cremeegg said:

I believe that this signals Trump's intention to withdraw from Iraq. Last week he couldn't leave, it would have been seen as weakness, now if he leaves his domestic audience won't see it as weakness and the other ME players will think twice about taking advantage. You read it here first, Trump is preparing tl leave Iraq.

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WolfeTone said:

Eh, against the War-mongers. I thought that was obvious?

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Are the US the only war mongers in the region?
Don't get me wrong, the history of intervention by the UK and then the USA in the region from the late 19th century onwards stilted their natural evolution into modern forms of government and left the space for extremism to thrive. In some cases extremists were nurtured and armed in their attacks on more moderate and democratic protagonists; the UK and American support of Ibn Saud and his brand of fanaticism is at the root of so many problems in the region. All that being said there are no "Good guys and Bad guys" in most of the conflicts, just the bad guys and the other bad guys.

Purple said:

Are the US the only war mongers in the region?

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No of course not, but the thread is specific to the killing of Soleimani and subsequent fall-out.
My post yesterday was directly related to the independent investigation into that killing and US claims of 'imminent attack'.