I would like to thank Soleimani for the efforts he made.
The head of the American anti-war group and a member of the board of directors of the International Anti-imperialist “If Qassem Soleimani were among us today, I would like to thank him for all the efforts he has made to fight against global imperialism.”
Since the American terrorist operation against Iranian and Iraqi commanders, which resulted in the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, one of the leaders of the Iraqi Hashd Shaabi, on Friday, January 13, 2018, on the way to Baghdad airport, protest and concern have arisen in the political circles of both the democratic and republican parties.
The question that was immediately raised among various groups in the United States was the reason for the assassination of an Iranian general and an Iraqi official by the American government, and the general answers and lies of the White House further fueled the sensitivity about this terrorist act.
On the other hand, the response of the Islamic Republic by smashing the base of the American occupying forces in Ain al-Asad and the American government’s trickle-down information about its real casualties, provoked a lot of anger in Washington and in the American military circles, so that the “Association of Veterans of Foreign Wars” published a statement of The President of the United States asked; Apologize for underestimating the possible casualties and injuries of this country’s soldiers in the Iranian missile attack on Ain al-Asad base.
Flanders has been active in organizing anti-war activists since the 1960s. He is a member of the Secretariat of the World Workers’ Party and also one of the main leaders of the International Action Center. Flanders is a board member of the International Anti-Imperialist Coordinating Committee, a founder and organizer of the National Anti-War Coalition, as well as the National Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for the Protection of Civil Liberties.
