This is a sad way to start the year 2020. Let me make one thing clear about me.  I am so opposed to the military that at the age of 12 I refused to join the Boy Scouts (too much marching and saluting).  The last thing we should want is a war. Sadly Donald Trump may have put America on a path to war.  I suspect his intention is to divert our attention from his impending impeachment trial. 

Trump says Iranian military leader was killed by drone strike ‘to stop a war,’ and warns Iran not to retaliate.  Where is the proof?

The United States killed a major Iranian general. Iranian general Soleimani was an Iranian general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and from 1998 until his death. He was a commander of its Quds Force, a division primarily responsible for extraterritorial military and clandestine operations. The Quds are reportedly known to spread terrorism throughout the Middle East.

America’s killing of Soleimani, it looks like an assassination, may have been a good thing if he was about to lead his forces in an attack on American soldiers stationed in Iraq. But why does the United States have a military force in Iraq?

The answer is oil. Iraq’s proven oil reserves are estimated at least 112.5 billion barrels, equivalent to 12 percent of the world’s total reserves. Some sources say those oil reserves are 140 billion barrels. CNBC reported in September 2019 that “OPEC’s second-largest oil producer hit record production figures in August with an output of 4.88 million barrels per day.”

The assassination of Soleimani also sends a message to others around the world that the United States is not above assassinating your leaders. Kim Jun Un, this is a message to you.

The United States military and all of America is on alert.

Was it worth it? Military enlistments will go up and the war materials manufacturers couldn’t be happier (Lockheed-Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, United Techonolgies, General Dynamics).

And finally Donald Trump hopes to make his tough guy approach part of his re-election campaign.