Both Mike Pompeo and Mike Pence reportedly urged Trump to order a strike on the general for days in the lead-up to the operation as protests raged outside the United States embassy in Baghdad
last week of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani and brought tensions between Washington and Tehran to a head, the origin of that idea was initially unclear.offered an answer to that question late Sunday, when it reported that the Soleimani killing was the brainchild of Secretary of Statetwo of the biggest cheerleaders for the military operation in the days since Soleimani’s death.
, but “recent changes to Trump’s national security team and the whims of a president anxious about being viewed as hesitant in the face of Iranian aggression” afforded him another opportunity to press for action. Importantly, Pompeo and Defense SecretaryNew York TimesIn the aftermath, Pompeo and Pence have both staunchly defended the move. Pencein a tweet that Soleimani was directly involved in 9/11, and Pompeo has repeatedly said that the killing prevented an “imminent” attack on U.S.
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