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Home Front: Politix
CNN's Anderson Cooper compares Qassem Soleimani to Charles de Gaulle
2020-01-03
[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

#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  

#16  IIUC Iranian government straight up killing people the last couple weeks.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-03 13:17  

#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  

#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  

#13  #11 - Vanderbilt is a power bottom
Posted by: Frank G   2020-01-03 12:22  

#12  Real surname is vanderbilt
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2020-01-03 12:08  

#11  Coop's pissed because he can't shag some Persian ass?
Posted by: Raj   2020-01-03 11:58  

#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  

#9  Not. The. Bee. *Arggh*, batting 0.500 today!
Posted by: magpie   2020-01-03 11:08  

#8  Not the Bee.

*teenage girl scream*
"I hate this game!"
*flips table*
Posted by: swksvolFF   2020-01-03 11:01  

#7  de Gaulle himself reportedly said "The graveyards are full of indispensable men..."
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-01-03 10:39  

#6  CNN and AC are give to flights of fancy. IMO Soleimani is a ruthless killer.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-01-03 10:28  

#5  They were both pains in the arse.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2020-01-03 09:57  

#4  It's Anderson Cooper, Cesare.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2020-01-03 09:47  

#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  

#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  

#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  

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