And he wasnt an ambassador

all the targets were combatants

He wasn't attacking the US with that visit

https://twitter.com/jamil_el_sayyed/status/1213093396333649921

I'm going to make an assumption

Translates as "Pompeo: "We targeted Soleimani, despite the imminent Iranian operation against our forces in Iraq!" Soleimani was coming from Damascus with a civilian passenger plane on a regular flight. He was received at Baghdad airport and left with a public procession. Would Soleimani have come and moved in this openness if he was preparing for an operation against the Americans ?! Who does believe Pompeo ?!"

im going to assume, the Iraqis knew he was stirring up shit in Baghdad

There was no imminent danger posed by him

I'm going to assume the strike came at the suggestion or request of the Iraqis.

He was diplomatically cleared by Iraq to enter Iraq

It was a planned trip too

This wasn't some secret operation of his that the US stopped

I understand

Do you think the Iraqis knew about the strike?

Maybe

if they did, do you think they provided feedback?

If they did though they would be responsible for assisting in the assassination of an Iranian official which could lead to war between Iran and Iraq

it maight have been their idea to let him in so he could get blapped

I think it is more likely though that the US did it by themselves

being second in command doesn't make him not a combatant.

"rate this strike, so that we can provide even better service next time :)"

He wasn't a combatant at the time is the point i am making

He was taking a planned visit to Iraq which had been approved by Iraq

Might just be a backstabby way of knocking the guy out for Iraq

it's possible that the whole thing was planned out like this

That could easily lead to war though

possibly

Iraq would have had to plan out the operation in advance

It could, but sometimes countries/people take risks

They may consider it worth it

War with the US would be way worse for Iran's leaders than it would be for the US.

Planning and carrying out an assassination against an important government official of a powerful country near you doesn't seem like something Iraq would do

Iran might not be turned into a liberal paradise, but the whole Iranian leadership would be on a deck of playing cards.

We should just leave Iran alone

Iran should leave everyone else alone

We are spending billions and losing soldiers lives and we are gaining nothing for it

this whole thing started because they were trying to sneak oil to Syria

If Western Intervention was so successful all the time Libya would be a democratic paradise by now

Then they started seizing tankers near Hormuz

nation building is retarded

We shouldn't have been in Syria either