The New York Times admits below that many celebrated Soleimani’s death, but it chose to highlight a student claiming: “Knowing General Suleimani was out there made me feel safer. He was like a security umbrella above our country.” Nor does the Times note that Iran is an authoritarian regime in which people could arouse suspicion by not turning out to mourn Soleimani.
The New York Times clearly wants you to believe that Soleimani was a grand fellow, selflessly caring for the Iranian people and happily picking the petals off a daisy while saying “She loves me…she loves me not” when the evil Trump took him out. This is ridiculous, of course. Soleimani was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of American soldiers and orchestrated jihad terror activity worldwide. But the Times, and the Leftist establishment in general, hates Trump so much that it will stoop even to lionizing this bloodthirsty murderer.
“Why Iran Is in Mourning,” New York Times, January 7, 2020:
“Knowing General Suleimani was out there made me feel safer,” said a student about the commander killed in an American drone strike. “He was like a security umbrella above our country.”
The killing of Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, Iran’s most formidable military and intelligence leader, displayed the fault lines in a fractious region. From Iraq to Israel, many victims of the commander’s shadow warfare celebrated his death; but in Tehran, thousands filled the streets to grieve….