Gen. Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) Explains Exactly Why Iranian General Qassem Suleimani Is So Dangerous

Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

Stanley McChrystal, Foreign Policy: Iran’s Deadly Puppet Master

Gen. Stanley McChrystal explains exactly why Qassem Suleimani is so dangerous.

The decision not to act is often the hardest one to make—and it isn’t always right. In 2007, I watched a string of vehicles pass from Iran into northern Iraq. I had been serving as the head of the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) for four years, working to stem the terrorism that had devastated the region, and I had become accustomed to making tough choices. But on that January night, the choice was particularly tricky: whether or not to attack a convoy that included Qassem Suleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force—an organization roughly analogous to a combination of the CIA and JSOC in the United States.

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WNU Editor: This is the first time that I am learning that the U.S. did have a chance to take him out, but Gen. Stanley McChrystal made the decision not to.

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