Juan Cole: "never do I remember the United States assassinating a Soviet general"

[Dennis Donovan]

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.@jricole of @UMich says the Soleimani assassination is a dangerous move on the international stage. "I lived through the Cold War and never do I remember the United States assassinating a Soviet general," Cole says. "It's spiraling, it's escalating in very worrisome ways."


8:37 AM - Jan 8, 2020

[LakeArenal]

1. "Very worrisome ways"

Well, yes. Great observation.

[braddy]

2. Supposedly the Soviets only lost 16 men in Vietnam, I don't know their rank.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. Read about Operation Rimon 20

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. The Soviets had nukes and a formidable conventional military.

[maxsolomon]

4. Russians aren't Brown.

At least the ones with power weren't.

[empedocles]

5. Heard on CNN the word 'assasination', instead of 'killing'. Seems to suddenly

spreading through the MSM. Interesting change.

[SpazzTheCat]

6. Very different situations

Russia didn't attack our embassy and didn't fire rockets at bases injuring US troops.

The US and Russia were adversaries for a long time but never did it enter direct conflict. It was all done through proxies.

I think Trump taking the offramp was the exact right response to Iran's actions last night. Whoever in his administration that talked him into standing down deserves a medal.

[AncientGeezer]

8. Apples to oranges deal....not at all comparable.

There weren't a whole lot of Soviet Generals well known for sponsoring terrorism...killing their own people as well as ours.