[PRESSTV] Former CIA officer Phil Giraldi told RonPaul Institute in an interview on Monday that Soleimani posed no threat of any kind to the US, and whatever was claimed about him were lies."The reality is here that they been lying to us right from the beginning ...There was no imminent threat of any kind."
Giraldi described Trump's authorization of the liquidation of Gen. Soleimani as a "horrific" crime, violating laws and morals.
"The United States has done something horrific," he said, further explaining, "We have assassinated an official of a foreign government ... We did this callously with fore-thought, and in violation of international law and basic morality."
Giraldi said the truth of the matter is not only was Soleimani’s liquidation premeditated, but also the assassination of other top Iranian commanders was part of the plan.
"There is plenty of evidence to suggest this was a plan to kill this guy and others in the leadership" of the Islamic Theocratic
RepublicGuard Corps [IRGC], he said in the interview.
Giraldi condemned the Soleimani liquidation saying, "We are not a force for good... This is just incredible. This is something that I as an American growing up would have never expected my government to do. We're in a different game now and Americans have to wake up as to how horrific it is."