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David Petraeus: "Impossible to overstate" significance of Soleimani strike
2020-01-06
[CBS Face The Nation] Washington ‐ Former CIA Director David Petraeus said Sunday it's "impossible to overstate" the importance of the U.S. drone strike early Friday that killed Qassem Soleimani, Iran's top military commander, calling it "bigger" than the death of Osama bin Laden.

"It's impossible to overstate the significance of the attack that takes out Qassem Soleimani and the number two militia leader in Iraq as well, who also never dared to set foot in Iraq during the surge after we've missed him and he escaped," Petraeus said on "Face the Nation," referencing Iraqi paramilitary chief Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. "So this is bigger than bin Laden. It's bigger than Baghdadi.

U.S. special forces during a raid on his compound in Pakistan in 2011, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the head of ISIS, died during a raid by U.S. commandos in October.
Posted by:Besoeker

#3  Doesn't Maggie Brennan speak Farsi or Arabic? Not that it matters, but...just sayin'.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2020-01-06 17:47  

#2  I saw this interview on Face the Nation. Thought Petraeus did a good job on this interview. Margaret Brennan appeared frustrated with his responses (He must have been doing a fair job).
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-01-06 09:23  

#1  Past proclivities and jogging partners aside, still one of the sharpest officers to ever pull on a pair of boots.

Annina:
Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man is Captain Renault?

Rick:
Oh, he's just like any other man, only more so.
Posted by: Besoeker   2020-01-06 08:24  

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