The next time the United States makes a foreign policy decision, it should really think the effect on terrorists and their sympathizers, according to MSNBC’s Chris Matthews.
Speaking of the recent killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Matthews said the U.S. should have thought about whether his death would make people sad.
“When some people die, we, you know, uh, you don’t know what the impact’s gonna be,” Matthews said on air. “When Princess Diana died, for example, there was a huge emotional outpouring. Uh, these kinds, Elvis Presley in our culture.
“It turns out that this general we killed was a beloved hero of the Iranian people to the point where — look at the people, we got pictures up now — these enormous crowds coming out,” he continued. “There’s no American emotion in this case, but there’s a hell of a lot of emotion on the other side. Should our leaders know what they’re doing when they kill somebody?”
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It’s almost like he’s saying Soleimani should have the same standing as an austere religious scholar.
Princess Diana and Elvis were mourned as cultural icons. Notably, during their entire lifetimes, neither one was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. But hey, some people are sad about Soleimani.
The Iranian general, whose demise has been mourned by some in the Middle East but celebrated by others, is not worth Matthews’s sympathy. But aligning themselves with the terrorist has been a common trope from President Trump’s opponents over the past week. Most of Soleimani’s mourners, it appears, come from the American media.
