Fox News contributor and military veteran Pete Hegseth reacted to the death of Iran “shadow commander” Qassim Soleimani, saying his importance “cannot be understated.”
“The amount of people reaching out to me who I serve with, they said this is about as big as bin Laden. This is about as big as Baghdadi,” the former Army National Guard officer said Thursday on Fox News. “The amount of American blood on his hands, what he’s done in the world to spread terrorism against our allies in Israel, against our allies around the globe, against American citizens across the globe, cannot be understated.”
Soleimani was killed in an airstrike Thursday. His death comes days after Iranian-backed militia groups tried to breach the U.S. Embassy in Iraq.
President Trump warned Iran on New Years Eve that they were about to pay a “very big price” for attacking the embassy. “This is not a Warning, it is a Threat,” Trump said.
