Most of the world’s leaders out there know better than to provoke the U.S. military. Historically, this has always been an ill-advised strategy, as the United States has never lost a war they were involved in. So when Lady Liberty raises her fists, the world cowers. Those who make the foolish decision to defy America do so at their own risks.
Iran is on the bad list once again as they attempt to intimidate President Trump just hours after they backed a militia in their attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq.
Iran’s supreme leader hit back with this warning.
His country would not hesitate to strike after Donald Trump said Tehran would pay a ‘big price’ for Hezbollah’s assault on the American embassy in Baghdad.
‘I and the government and the nation of Iran strongly condemn this American crime,’ Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said of US strikes which killed 25 members of Kataeb Hezbollah in Iraq on Sunday night.
Thousands of Hezbollah fighters attacked the US embassy in Baghdad on Tuesday in retaliation for the airstrikes – breaking down the gate and setting the entrance on fire.
President Trump, who deployed 100 Marines to protect the site last night and sent another 750 paratroopers to the Middle East, has accused Tehran of ‘orchestrating’ the assault
And on Wednesday morning the Iran-backing militia attacked the embassy for the second day in a row, forcing the US Marines to fire tear gas at the fighters who set part of the embassy on fire again.
The ayatollah continued…
‘First of all, you can’t do a damn thing! This has nothing to do with Iran. Secondly, be logical… The people of this region hate America. Why don’t Americans understand this?’
President Trump had already turned the other cheek when he called off a military response to the Iranian downing of a U.S. drone over the Strait of Hormuz due to the possibility of a disproportionate amount of casualties. Fool me once…
