The Primordial Urge to Slay a Hero
By Renee Parsons
January 10, 2020 "Information
Clearing House" -
The assassination
of Major General Qaseem Soleimani, who was already a
national hero in Iran, has now achieved the stature
of a world class martyr. Carrying a diplomatic
passport on his flight into Baghdad, Soleimani was
also carrying the Iranian response to a Saudi
initiative for peace.
In contrast,
President Donald Trump has revealed more about his
own inner angst than he ever intended – or perhaps,
being a non-introspective type, what has been
revealed may be more than he himself has ever
acknowledged.
As events and
more of the back story unfold, Trump’s frequently
problematic sense of reality may be questioned in
view of his astonishing suggestion that he is ‘ready
to make a new
nuclear deal with Iran, even as he ordered
additional sanctions against the country. Prior to
Soleimani’s assassination, Trump threatened
to kill Iraq Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi.
There is no
denying that the nature of the act is right out of
the Israel playbook of quick and dirty overkill and
extermination of humanity as seen in Gaza and
Jerusalem on a daily basis.
During a session
of the Iraq legislature immediately after the
assassination, Mahdi reported that the Americans had
“ruined his country” and were now unwilling
to repair Iraq’s electric grid and other
infrastructure needs. Mahdi did what any self
respecting leader would do; he signed a contract
with Trump’s favorite trading partner to make the
repairs. China already had an international
reputation for providing necessary community
infrastructure in Africa and elsewhere – wonder if
they might visit Detroit and solve their water
quality crisis.
Trump has
vehemently opposed Iraq’s deal with China unless
Mahdi would guarantee that 50% of Iraq’s oil
revenue would go to the US. Mahdi refused and
when he refused to reject the contract, he said that
Trump “threatened to unleash huge
demonstrations against me that would end my
premiership”.