Iran has thus far suffered gracefully under repeated taunts, threats, sanctions, and various sabotages from the United States. But the murder, surely an act of terror as well, of a widely respected, and very popular, military leader will probably be the last straw. Iran will retaliate, giving the green light for an enormously lopsided counterattack from the US. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Iranians will die. Why did it come to this? It appears that Iran’s only real “crime” is wounding the ego of Trump and the entire military establishment. Now Trump is boasting of the murder openly. How many Americans abroad will now die because of what he’s done?
Our government has been looking to fight a war against Iran for over a decade, and it now appears that they will finally get their war. It won’t be clean, or short. It will be the Iraq and Afghanistan for a new generation. But the price will be far larger than any war in recent memory.
