The Pentagon has confirmed that the U.S. strike at the Baghdad airport that has killed the top Revolutionary guard commander Qassem Soleimani. The Pentagon said that Qassem was a terrorist who killed American people. The Pentagon said that Qassem and his Quds forces were planning more attacks in Iraq against Americans. The Pentagon said that Soleimani organized the attacks at the U.S.embassy in Baghdad. This is a new phase of the war on terror without question. We have been in this war on terror for almost 20 years now. Iran is a mostly Shia country, and Iraq is controlled by the Shia mostly. Therefore, this conflict is geopolitical and religious as Saudi Arabia is mostly Sunni. People are waiting on what will happen next. This is the most significant assassination of a person in the region in a long time. Soleimani was involved in the Iran-Iraq War from 1980-1988. He was involved in helping Iraqi militias in stopping ISIS (or the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) forces in Iraq.
People are questioning if Trump notified Congress or the gang of 8 before doing this. Iran isn't Iraq. Iran has a stronger air force, army, proxies, and navy than Iraq. Qassem was never a hero, as he was a person who organized murder. The nuclear deal is over. That deal was a legitimate one organized by Obama which helped to stabilize relations. Now, Trump has ended that agreement, and we witness more problems involving Iran. This is the worst relationship between America and Iran since 1979. There is no question that Iran will probably use reprisals or responses worldwide. Iranians have promised revenge. Americans are told to get out of Iran. Also, there are security measures in place in large cities from New York City to Los Angeles. This event could lead into a new war in the Middle East. Another person was killed in the drone attack. He was Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis or the second in command of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), the powerful coalition of Iraqi Shia militias.
This comes after the Pentagon has dispatched another 750 U.S. paratroopers to the Middle East. 4,000 more are under high alert. Many Democratic candidates have criticized Trump for escalating the problems in the Middle East. This also comes after the protesters marched on the U.S. embassy in the fortified Green zone. The U.S. Marines fired tear gas, stun grenades, and warning shots to try to disperse the protesters. Apache attack helicopters circles overhead and fired flares to the crowds. Many Iraqi leaders from the President, prime minister, to the head of Parliament have criticized the drone strike as a violation of Iraqi sovereignty. Many people have omitted that Iraqi sovereignty is important to respect.
One of the greatest advice in the world today for our community is UNITY. Too many people look at corporate controlled TV and various shows and falsely think that the majority of black people are filled with the most negative stereotypes possible. The reality is that these denigrating shows are controlled by corporate oligarchs, not by the common people. They have an agenda to distract not inform plus to cause tensions without causing healing. Black people collectively never dropped atomic bombs murdering innocent people, polluted the world, cause many animal species to go extinct, use colonialism to steal the lands of people of multiple continents, robbed millions of their homes via bad economic policies, or started world wars. Therefore, we are a compassionate, loving people as black human beings. We love anyone who loves us. Yet, we won't tolerate some scapegoating us. We have to follow ethics and a code of conduct that realizes that we can have fun at times along with being serious to do the work in liberating our black people at the same time.
Julian Castro has dropped out of the 2020 Presidential race. This represents a new era, as Julian Castro is probably the most underrated candidate out of the entire field. He had bold ideals, and he is passionate on immigration reform, on addressing the War on Drugs, on dealing with climate change, on dealing with gun control, and having detailed policies on a diversity of issues. He ended his campaign because of financial issues. Even in 2020, many oligarchs control a large part of mainstream politics. It's a shame, but it is what it is. Now, every single candidate on the Democratic side are white people, except for Andrew Yang, Cory Booker, and Tulsi Gabbard. There are only 2 unapologetic progressives in the race. The goal is always to make sure that Trump is voted out of office by November of 2020. We have a new year, and this election is the most important election of our lifetime for real. There are large fires in Australia. Many firefighters have mentioned that they have never seen such fires in Australia ever. More than 2 million acres of land have been burned up. Some blame climate change in part for the disastrous natural disaster. The fires have expanded as a product of wind. Many human beings have died and have been evacuated. A lot of animal species including koala bears have died as a product of the fires too.
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