Admin l Thursday, January 09, 2020
LAGOS, Nigeria -President Donald Trump has said that he will not carry out retaliatory strikes against Iran after it fired about 22 cruise missiles on US bases in Iraq. Trump also noted that the US suffered no casualties in those air strikes but that minimal damages were recorded.
“No Americans were harmed in last night’s attack by the Iranian regime. We suffered no casualties, all of our soldiers are safe, and only minimal damage was sustained at our military bases”, he said.
Donald Trump who did not give details of the damages, said the United States will immediately impose more powerful economic sanctions on the regime in Tehran and that it will remain in place until Iran changes its behavior.
President Trump also called on NATO allies to become much more involved in the Middle East process.
For Trump, “Iran appears to be standing down, which he said is a good thing for all parties concerned and a very good thing for the world.”
He explained that for four decades, the world has tolerated Iran’s destructive and destabilizing behavior across the Middle East and beyond. Trump said, appeasement only emboldened the regime, which he described as the leading state sponsor of terrorism on Earth.
According to him, “after the foolish Iran nuclear deal was signed in 2013, the hostilities and violence only increased. Instead of thanking the United States and President Obama for the $1.8 billion cash windfall under the nuclear deal, Iran went on a terror spree. It created hell in Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Afghanistan, and Iraq. The regime brought violence even to its own backyard, recently killing 1,500 people at the protests taking place throughout Iran”, he said.
Trump described Qasem Soleimani as the leader of the lethal Quds Force, adding that he was personally responsible for many of the worst atrocities.
“He trained terrorist armies, including Hezbollah, to launch strikes against civilian targets. He fueled bloody civil wars across the Middle East. He viciously wounded and killed thousands of American troops, often with ghastly roadside bombs. His most recent American casualties came less than 2 weeks ago. Those days are over. Soleimani is dead, and terrorists everywhere just received a powerful message: If you threaten innocent lives, you will suffer grave consequences”, Trump said.
