The leader of the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah claimed that American troops would leave the Middle East in coffins following the death of Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, claimed Sunday that President Trump would regret ordering the drone strike on Soleimani as it could lead to the deaths of American troops. Soleimani is believed to have been responsible for the deaths of 608 U.S. troops in Iraq over the last few decades.
Nasrallah said there would be a “fair punishment” of American forces in the region for Soleimani’s death.
“Fair punishment is (aimed at) the American military presence in the region: American military bases, American naval ships, every American officer and soldier in our countries and region,” Nasrallah said. “The American army is the one that killed them, and it is the one that will pay the price.”
Nasrallah also claimed that Trump’s decision would result in him losing the 2020 election because Americans will be frustrated by the death of American soldiers. He asserted that Trump would lose the Middle East and the Oval Office.
“When the coffins of American soldiers and officers begin to be transported … to the United States, Trump and his administration will realize that they have really lost the region and will lose the elections,” he said.
Nasrallah maintained that he did not want U.S. civilians targeted in any attacks against American assets because it would help Trump’s agenda in the region. He predicted that American forces would leave the Middle East “humiliated, defeated, and in terror … as they left in the past.”
Hezbollah is a Lebanese offshoot of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards that formed in 1982. In 1983, Hezbollah bombed U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut, killing 241 Americans. They also bombed the U.S. embassy later that same year.
