Petraeus: Eliminating Soleimani More Significant than Killing Bin Laden or Al-Baghdadi
Former General David Petraeus described President Donald Trump�s decision to eliminate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad as the most significant action against terrorism in the Middle East.
�It is impossible to overstate the importance of this particular action. It is more significant than the killing of Osama bin Laden or even the death of [Islamic State leader Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi,� he said in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.
Petraeus said President Trump had effectively reestablished the idea any Iranian attack against American targets would be met with considerable force.
�This is the most formidable adversary that we have faced for decades,� he said, noting that Soleimani had previously enjoyed considerable power and freedom to act boldly in the region. �This is a very significant effort to reestablish deterrence, which obviously had not been shored up by the relatively insignificant responses up until now.�
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[Retired Gen. David Petraeus was commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former CIA director. ]
�It is impossible to overstate the importance of this particular action. It is more significant than the killing of Osama bin Laden or even the death of [Islamic State leader Abu Bakr] al-Baghdadi,� he said in an interview with Foreign Policy magazine.
Petraeus said President Trump had effectively reestablished the idea any Iranian attack against American targets would be met with considerable force.
�This is the most formidable adversary that we have faced for decades,� he said, noting that Soleimani had previously enjoyed considerable power and freedom to act boldly in the region. �This is a very significant effort to reestablish deterrence, which obviously had not been shored up by the relatively insignificant responses up until now.�
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[Retired Gen. David Petraeus was commander of the U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and a former CIA director. ]
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