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2020-01-03 Home Front: Politix

CNN's Anderson Cooper compares Qassem Soleimani to Charles de Gaulle

[Free Beacon] CNN anchor Anderson Cooper compared Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps killed in an American airstrike on Thursday, to French president Charles de Gaulle, a leader of the French resistance against Nazi occupation during World War II.

"Soleimani is‐it's difficult to convey how revered he is in Iran. Imagine the French Foreign Legion, at the height of the French empire. This guy is regarded in Iran as a completely heroic figure, personally very brave," CNN host Fareed Zakaria said.

"I was trying to think of somebody, and I was thinking of de Gaulle, although he became the leader of the country," Cooper said.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-01-03 07:02|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top
File under: Govt of Iran

#1 "although he became the leader of the country"

Devil's in the detail, but seriously I had the Bee.

Posted by European Conservative 2020-01-03 07:49|| 2020-01-03 07:49|| Front Page Top

#2 "Soleimani was revered" ...
Trump has "escalated" ...

Note how all the media whores bleat the exact same language. They're incapable of an independent, well-considered thought. these whores are.

Posted by Lex 2020-01-03 08:52|| 2020-01-03 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Remembering Le Grand Charles as I do, this isn't as crazy as it first sounded. Better yet the Legion Etrangere reference is embarrassingly ignorant historically.

Posted by Cesare 2020-01-03 09:35|| 2020-01-03 09:35|| Front Page Top

#4 It's Anderson Cooper, Cesare.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-01-03 09:47|| 2020-01-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 They were both pains in the arse.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2020-01-03 09:57|| 2020-01-03 09:57|| Front Page Top

#6 CNN and AC are give to flights of fancy. IMO Soleimani is a ruthless killer.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-01-03 10:28|| 2020-01-03 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 de Gaulle himself reportedly said "The graveyards are full of indispensable men..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-03 10:39|| 2020-01-03 10:39|| Front Page Top

#8 Not the Bee.

*teenage girl scream*
"I hate this game!"
*flips table*

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-01-03 11:01|| 2020-01-03 11:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Not. The. Bee. *Arggh*, batting 0.500 today!

Posted by magpie 2020-01-03 11:08|| 2020-01-03 11:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Jen Rubin at WaPo is sad too. Guess Trump hit a hat trick grand slam pick six return buzzer 3 point shot.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-03 11:44|| 2020-01-03 11:44|| Front Page Top

#11 Coop's pissed because he can't shag some Persian ass?

Posted by Raj 2020-01-03 11:58|| 2020-01-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

#12 Real surname is vanderbilt

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-01-03 12:08|| 2020-01-03 12:08|| Front Page Top

#13 #11 - Vanderbilt is a power bottom

Posted by Frank G 2020-01-03 12:22|| 2020-01-03 12:22|| Front Page Top

#14 Revered? Is that why they are dancing in the streets of Iran in celebration of his death?

Posted by CrazyFool 2020-01-03 12:45|| 2020-01-03 12:45|| Front Page Top

#15 I haven't read about anybody passing out sweets here in America, but Halloween is still 9 months and some odd days away...

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-01-03 13:17|| 2020-01-03 13:17|| Front Page Top

#16 IIUC Iranian government straight up killing people the last couple weeks.

Posted by swksvolFF 2020-01-03 13:17|| 2020-01-03 13:17|| Front Page Top

#17 Cooper is freaked because Trump's Bengazhi... and Soleimani was the guy who planned the Bengazhi attack. Obama's failure couldn't be better exemplified.

Posted by ruprecht 2020-01-03 23:53|| 2020-01-03 23:53|| Front Page Top

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