WATCH: Retired General tells Democratic Senator to “just be quiet” on CNN over Soleimani assassination criticisms

by The Right Scoop

Democratic Senator Chris Murphy is accusing Trump of assassinating Soleimani “without congressional authorization” and potentially starting a massive regional war in the Middle East:

Retired Maj. Gen. James Marks was asked about Murphy’s comments today on CNN and his initial response was to tell Murphy to shut up, because he’s wrong (skip to 1:45 if you don’t want to watch the whole thing):

Marks makes the point that maybe the world is a little more dangerous today, but when has it not been dangerous? He says Iran is not known for showing self-restraint and and that the US is a target of Iran as a matter of routine.

Marks also says the he doesn’t believe that the assassination of Soleimani was in response to the attack on the embassy, other than the fact that Soleimani had showed up to see how the attack on the embassy was progressing. Rather, he believes that the US had a folder full of intelligence on Soleimani and when this opportunity arose they took it.

Lindsey Graham said this morning on Fox News that he was briefed on the attack a few days ago when he was down in Florida:

That would have likely been on Tuesday, New Year’s Eve, when Graham tweeted this out, which was the day when Iran’s militias began attacking the embassy:


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