The Qasem Soleimani Airstrike, 2020 - Animated

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A hero to his supporters and an enemy to the West, Iranian General Qasem Soleimani is the target of an American drone strike, ordered by US President Donald Trump. Seeking retaliation, the Iranian military launches ballistic missiles against a US military base in Iraq, and with tensions high, accidentally shoots down a civilian airliner over Tehran.
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[@TheDethBringer666]

'So, who killed the most powerful guy in Iran?' 'a guy in Nevada with a joystick'

[@Aldnon]

Imagine the shame from being killed by glorified gamer.

[@Ofthehunt]

'So, who killed the most powerful guy in Iran?' "Some dude that got 2 victory royales mere hours after the incident"

[@DanielDos2]

guy was probably having some chips while at it too

[@DroneStrike1776]

His gamer tag is NoScope42069

[@VainerCactus0]

Epic gamer moment.

[@lightwalker222]

"Don't worry, the drones are unarmed" bruh

[@venture2466]

narrator: "they were in fact, armed" *deletes two cars* *refuses to eleborate* *leaves*

[@rob9726]

​@@venture2466 *Returns home* *Terrorism occurs* *surprised Pikachu face?*

[@YG-wn7rk]

It was more like "if you keep on making me problems, I'll send them hellfires to you as well..."

[@WeyounLP]

dont worry US are the good guys so they can lie and terrorize with no consequences

[@92miata]

@@rob9726 not killing the Iranian general would be worse, he will become a bigger threat and hurt even more people, more than what terrorism would hurt.

[@flyflybaby2723]

He lived by the sword, *he died by a drone*

[@mawas6801]

lol

[@tahko3956]

​@@egatycasidrones are based since you arent risking an pilots life

[@EasyPeasyLemonSqueezyXD]

@@egatycasi do you prefare gore, blood and glory deaths in fronline like it was in WW2? Don't mess with US or u gonna get droned.

[@mawas6801]

@@egatycasi not someone as sadistic as him

[@asmodeus1274]

@@egatycasi8 month old YT account just prattling about.

[@trekker105]

Remember when we thought this was gonna be the worst part of 2020?

[@TheKeule33]

What else happened?

[@trekker105]

@@TheKeule33 bruh.

[@maildump4395]

@@TheKeule33you must’ve not gone outside or paid attention at all during thst time

[@HentsSauce]

@@TheKeule33 China gave the world a biological gift.

[@CameronHarvey0727]

world war three

[@creativehorse7907]

That Ukraine airlines flight tragedy is pretty sad, way too many civilian planes are shot down these days. I can't believe I didn't hear about it

[@KhaiOpirusIV]

Blame it to the United Satans master elites because they created shits over in the Middle East.

[@mtmadigan82]

A handful worldwide since 2000? Yeah shlts getting crazy.

[@Peas_and_Carrots]

Yeah, there are so many these days. That's why I don't fly - it's too dangerous. Even domestic travel is risky.

[@rashnuofthegoldenscales4512]

That blood is on the USA for having declared war on Iran through the cowardly assassination of an invited official. That blood is on the USA.

[@elijah_9392]

@@Peas_and_Carrots The statistics strongly disagree with you.

[@redcamaro9401]

Would anyone fly on an airplane owned by "Sham Wings"

[@ratagris21]

They provide peanuts 🥜 on their flights

[@mrfuturepaul]

Isn't it "Cham Wings" or am I mistaken?

[@jdubhub68]

Why would anyone listen to the opinion of a "scarlet Chevrolet automobile"?

[@redcamaro9401]

@@jdubhub68 not sure. No opinion was given on previous comment.

[@amir-ng6jv]

Sham or Levant is the historical name for Syria.

[@the215sean]

"You see the drone? No? Well the drone sees you"

[@AksaiShira]

I remember 13 hours

[@user-ml4pt7jq3j]

Another informative report. Keep up the good work.. I remember when this happened, it feels like 5 years ago..

[@iexist3919]

Great to see recent history! Maybe a video about the Battle of Hostomel Airport would be great!

[@rockodilefundee5912]

YES

[@captaincapitalis1205]

Do we have accurate information about what happened yet? The fog of war still seems pretty thick

[@connormessina150]

This!

[@marekmacik5910]

@@captaincapitalis1205 mostly yes, we do. It was pretty well documented as the conflict is attractive to both western and russian media. Although russian media should be taken with grain of salt as their news is as accurate as stormtroopers in star wars...

[@justinblin]

@@marekmacik5910 I think it may be better to wait until after the war in order to 100% make sure the facts are known.

[@thatguyholar4665]

As a person who used to live in Iraq not too far from the airport (I'm iraqi) I remember my mom telling me how she heard a swoosh sound and then a few minutes later we heard a bang and our house shook a little, still surprised that I witnessed it on that day, I remember the airport having issues afterwards too. Funny thing is my uncle and his kids got out just before the explosion and it happened at about midnight? 7th of January 2020

[@deantait8326]

Happened on the road into the Air Port and was isolated to a few hundred square meters. The Drone strike that is.

[@jonlamontagne]

​@@deantait8326yeah he said that

[@nickford17]

Jan 3rd

[@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261]

How come the house shook? I thought they used Hellfire R9X for this mission, and they have no explosive charge.

[@thatguyholar4665]

@@thert.hon.thelordnicholson7261 wasnt too strong, somehow my cousin who lived in a diff area not too far away named mansoor said they also felt it, since it was 3 years ago im not 100% sure abt the memory so take it with a grain of salt

[@theupsidedownworld99]

That's an intriguing suggestion! Exploring lesser-known battles like the Battle of Hostomel Airport would provide valuable insights into the complexity of historical events. It's essential to shed light on these stories to gain a comprehensive understanding of the past. Looking forward to learning more about it! 🎥📚🔍

[@yanskee]

I wouldn't exactly classify the battle of Hostomel Airport as lesser-known tbh

[@monkey_gamer_001]

i would also love to see as summary of the Battle of Hostomel

[@Spiritus.]

smoking that soleimani pack

[@Vibakari]

“I thought u said they were unarmed” “Well they are now”

[@logicplague2077]

Tower: You need to leave the airspace! F-18: Tower, I have a number for you to call, let me know when you have pen and paper ready..

[@sledgehammerk35]

Uno reverse card

[@SamBrickell]

😄

[@LOKSTED]

“Take it with my manager. His namr is Donald Trump”

[@topspot4834]

First time checking out the channel. Great content!

[@specterusarmy3983]

I was out in Kuwait when the attack occurred. My unit had a squad of soldiers in one of the camps the Iranians hit and the bulk of my unit moved the 82nd Airborne into Camp Buerhing in case Iran continued attacks.

[@FixedWing82]

2020 feels like 15 years ago

[@embeddor3023]

more like yesterday for me

[@Staticsilence535]

Covid really slowed things down a bit imo

[@real100talk5]

Depends on your age. As you get older time seems faster. It feels like a year ago to me.

[@Taima]

@@real100talk5 Yeah time feels faster as you age and at 31 it's noticeably different from a decade ago, but still feels like a lot more than 3 years since 2020.

[@TheOperationsRoom]

Standby for a SPICY comments section 😆

[@dudududu1926]

Get your hazmat suit ready. It's gonna be a shit show.

[@marcolian]

We're a whopping 40 minutes post-upload and the peanut gallery is behaving...so far.

[@rob9726]

C'mon man, you can't bring this up only 2 years after the fact and then blame people on both sides for getting angry about it.

[@avlaus2629]

I've seen worst.

[@moralfuxery]

@drewsmith8829 takes the crown on this one. 🏌️‍♂️

[@tanicwhisper0647]

Dude that add in the beginning sold me quick.

[@stevindouglas9064]

amazing graphic explanation and very easy to understand

[@glennheth3472]

Several people from my city were aboard the Ukraine Airlines flight. An absolute tragedy.

[@johnmat4678]

What were they doing in iran?

[@POTATOEH81]

​@@johnmat4678 82 were Iranians leaving the country for whatever reason 63 were Canadians, many of them being Iranian-Canadians who were returning home after visiting family for the holidays 11 Ukrainian Crew 10 Swedes, who were also Expat Iranians 8 Afghan Nationals who were taking a transfer flight in Kyiv 3 UK citizens

[@denysmazhar5990]

Iran accepted that they killed all this people. But never even payed compensation to families of ukrainian crew. And now they're selling weapon to russia so they can tatget civillian infrastructure in Ukraine

[@floriangeyer3454]

travelling shitholes and terror nests IS dangerous!

[@grinningchicken]

Trump threatened to attack civilian targets then the US spoofed a cruise missile to the Irani radar systems The US spies on the ground cleared the airline to fly even the the IRGC ordered all flights grounded When the IRGC got the incoming alert and thought all domestic flights were out of the way they fired on what they thought was a cruise missile carrying out Trumps threat

[@MikhailTabigay]

A real blast from the past from 2020!!!

[@BringTheRains]

I see what you did there.

[@ratagris21]

The big hit 🎯🎱

[@Jetwinner02]

Literally

[@xerxes-the-great4227]

The real blast was Rain Missiles on Al Assad Base 😊

[@sussybakagaming2613]

@@xerxes-the-great4227, Shitamani got shredded to bits :D people say he's "scatter-brained" sometimes :)

[@DerrickJenkins-ut1jr]

The illustration of this video is awesome👍

[@rexpayne7836]

Excellent content and presentation. You should be proud. 😊

[@stephensands3485]

Oh my god wasn’t expecting a video on something this recent! Can’t wait to see the video

[@eetenn]

I have been waiting for an in depth video about this for so long! Thank you for delivering!

[@perrinayebarra]

I remember when this happened and the media was claiming Trump had just started WW3 lol.

[@Unknown_Iranian_Soldier1]

Yes He Started For Answer Iran Destroyed Largest American Base but Trump afraid of big war and Didn't answer

[@MrLemonbaby]

Another informative report. Keep up the good work.

[@PinguiniAlfredo]

It wasn't an airstrike, it was a Special Hand Removal Operation

[@Iliya117]

You mean an execution

[@foreverpinkf.7603]

First of all, it was an act of terrorism.

[@ieuanjones7615]

@@foreverpinkf.7603 As are all other attacks the man was responsible for on US servicemen. Tit for tat

[@StressBall5]

@@foreverpinkf.7603 a precision strike againts a valid enemy target is never an act in defience with any international convention. To believe otherwise is absolutely absurd

[@PinguiniAlfredo]

@@foreverpinkf.7603 I think you're confused. Terrorism is not based. This was based. Hope this helps.

[@bigbadword]

This is an event I always wanted more info on. Thank you for covering it.

[@shgalagalaa]

Just read about it rather than getting your info from youtube ?

[@a.hassanhale3326]

​@@shgalagalaahow can you get to read about it?

[@rinsedpie]

Great animation, thank you

[@rollotomassi6374]

Nice shootin, Tex!

[@glitchy_weasel]

Great video, would love to see more breakdowns of recent conflicts. I suppose it's hard to find factual, neutral information because of their recency, but it's still worth try!

[@Jay-jb2vr]

You have Simon Whistler for that

[@deusvult6920]

You don't honestly believe the US doesn't lie do you?

[@DogeickBateman]

@@deusvult6920 You don't honestly believe Russia doesn't lie do you?

[@david-468]

@@DogeickBatemandamn, nice deflection stay being a sheep

[@david-468]

The only reason we know about this is because trump didn’t cover it up like other presidents

[@stevenmorrison9832]

A small detail i remember from the time was how they didn't use an explosive warhead, in the aim of reducing risk of collateral damage. Instead, it was a hellfire missile modified to deploy several "blade"-like armatures moments before impact, turning everything it came into contact with into mince but reducing collateral risk to practically zero

[@V-V1875-h]

yep, nice catch of that detail

[@domeyeahaight]

Yep. Ukraine is using these now.

[@integraxnine745]

I don't think they used non-explosive warheads. Judging by the aftermath videos and pictures, i can assure you that the bodies burned so bad to a point they needed DNA test to know which body part belongs to who.

[@V-V1875-h]

@@integraxnine745 most online sources say the R9X hellfire was used, others do not specify, consider the car is full of fuel and the kinetic energy from such a missile and the fuel that may have been left in the missiles itself caused that much damage. also he was identified by the ring on his severed hand

[@GlobalizationGuide]

You're confusing that with the elimination of al-Zawahiri.

[@landonpotts6815]

Great job on this video.

[@1Stevencat]

Great work!!!

[@Garshock1]

Fantastic video as always! Would love to see a video on the battle of Hostomel one day!

[@mcd22630]

Another in a long line of informative and well done videos. Thank you.

[@davidgrey4487]

Once again a brilliant video

[@JohnSmith-st5ud]

Well, found my new favorite channel.

[@Coinz8]

I believe Soleimani had a blast.

[@alonraigorodetsky1803]

Twice

[@OregonOutdoorsChris]

I thought this was the one where the guy fell to pieces (flying ginsu)

[@ottovonbismarck7715]

Just like the twin towers

[@Coinz8]

@@ottovonbismarck7715 And for the twin towers bin ladens head had popped when he was found lol!

[@Coinz8]

@@ottovonbismarck7715 It was nice of you to invite the Russians to party in Berlin. I heard it was a rage. Heard Hitlers head blew from the excitement.

[@SitInTheShayd]

I think you should cover Operation Medusa from the Afghanistan war, involves some real heroism and was a conventional attack by Canadian Forces against the Taliban in Khandahar

[@ike637]

The canadians like everyone else ran like frightening children in the end.

[@beepboop204]

@@ike637 always sucks when you have to run like frightening children! how hard is it not not be frightening???????????????

[@Boomkokogamez]

@@ike637 Say that to the Taliban that had to hide in the caves for 20 years lol

[@ike637]

@@Boomkokogamez ehh !! Who's in control there now ? Remind me .

[@firebird4491]

@@ike637 You think the taliban would stand a chance in a conventional war like Ukraine?

[@nic_4849]

Cool channel to take international studies to the next level via visualization. Thanks

[@pplett8238]

The animation with the story was amazing

[@equalopportunityoffender1816]

Cool to see very recent events on here. The Hostomel Airport battle in Ukraine, Moskva sinking, and Fall of Kabul would all be cool topics for this channel.

[@PvtParts14]

I'd also like to see stuff on the Ukrainian steel mill/nuclear reactors.

[@spirz4557]

@@PvtParts14 We're gonna need to wait a bit, until the fog of war has fully lifted.

[@unholyknight786]

and fall of Mariupol with coloumns of Azov POVs. It will be a really interesting video!

[@DefinitelyNotEmma]

The siege of Mariupol would also be interesting, Tu-22M3s brought the heat.

[@markiobook8639]

Moskva hasn't been refloated and Ukrainian MP admits Ukrainians taken less than 1% territory lost in all its much vaunted Counter Attack. And Tor 2M shoots down Storm Shadow & JDams. The opera is not yet over.

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

"Afraid of Controversy? What controversy!" -The Operations Room

[@13thravenpurple94]

Great video THank you

[@user-cj2wz8sb1l]

the essence of fuck around and find out

[@myopicthunder]

defeat ISIS and get their airforce

[@AvenEngineer]

'Are those Reaper drones?' 'Why, Yes! America's finest unmanned killing machine' 'Should I be worried' 'Of course not! 😉'

[@marcolian]

"Are those Reaper drones?" "Why yes they are!" "What do they actually Reap?" "Souls..."

[@mikester1290]

@@marcolian In this case: Salami, it could be argued, did not have a soul.

[@marcolian]

@@mikester1290 Very well said. Imagine the disappointment of the Reapers.

[@MelodusDethicus]

"Is that a rain coat?" "Yes, it is!"

[@epicmansteingaming452]

Another hit video by the operations room! I’m going to have a blast watching!

[@shadowhunter388]

You forgot to highlight the interesting part. The missiles (R9X) used on Soleimani's "convoy" were purely Kinetic and not conventional explosive. Basically as the modified missiles were fired, just before impact, 6 blades pop out and kinetically shred the vehicle.

[@zechsblack5891]

Ahhh see now I remember this happening.

[@bediaabdulfetah5793]

Imperialism with woke characteristics

[@markiobook8639]

Shredding anything is a kinetic act therefore you are using redundant word salad copy pasted to imply some claim to knowledge. Do you kinetically slam a door or just slam a door?

[@user-ws3hx2qn1f]

They were high explosive hellfire missiles that hit them...Have you not seen the aftermath?? The cars were blown to bits and what was left was on fire.

[@Hopefulgoingforward]

Thanks!

[@badnewshughes6360]

Love the modern conflict video. You should do one about the US airstrike of Syria due to a sarin gas attack

[@stewartj3407]

I think that was cruise missiles wasn’t it?

[@SMGJohn]

US bombed Syria with Sarin? Jesus Christ, these devils really are on a mission to commit genocide against human species.

[@MrJesse1472]

I was in the region when this happened. That was a crazy few weeks after that event.

[@nathanwailes]

What was crazy about them?

[@mohammadshabih5293]

My sister and mother were in Iran at the time. They said the mass protests and gatherings... And general anti-american sentiment in the air was amazing to see.

[@y0k0b0ng0]

Your graphics have come a long way.

[@allghilliedup21]

I remember the airliner being shot down; several of my neighbours' relatives were on that plane.

[@Costin_Gaming]

Great stuff as always, it would be good to have pictures of the people you're talking about in the video, would give us a clearer idea of who they are. Obviously we all know the major figures but not the minor ones.

[@BramHeerebout]

Really glad you resolutely stopped with all the conmen products! These Goat Guns seem like a blast and your audience is probably the right target group. I wish all commercials were more carefully selected like yours!

[@shashidharshettar3846]

Nice summary

[@TheElnots]

So I got one of these Goatguns after watching your video and only today received one and apparently only a select few models actually cycle the rounds like the one in your video. I got an M16 and the bullets just sit there.

[@DriedConcher]

I was in Iraq when this went down. I had only gotten there two weeks before the drone strike. Our intel knew he was coming into Iraq to help command attacks against US personal so we were quite happy to hear about his demise. I was at a different base north of Baghdad that was on the list to get hit but the rumor is that we were too close to civilian areas that they didn’t want to risk civilian deaths and piss off the the Iraqis. Although we got plenty of in direct attacks just two months later that did kill a couple of Americans a British soldier. We were told we were gonna have a easy, uneventful deployment, the unit we replaced had maybe one motor attack their entire 9 month deployment. Then we get there and within weeks shit went down hill, from all I mentioned and to include a high probability of a full on assault on our base by a local militia group supported by Iran that we had to somehow repel with a few gun trucks and a aviation unit. (Mechanics, pilots, and other unit personnel.) we were told to hold them off until the 82 unit that was on base got there(a 30 min wait). All the other nations that were there left just leaving the US and some Spain guys. Luckily from what I understand some politics changed in the Iraq government and the commander of that militia group ( who was also a commander somewhere in the Iraq military) was told not to attack us. We kept getting attacked with in-direct fire until the day we close the base up. To include the night before I left. Ended up only spending 7 months in Iraq with the rest of my deployment being in Kuwait, which ended up being extended by only a month due to the unit replacing us was delayed by the Covid. Oh yeah, during all of this Covid was happening. Not a easy, relaxing deployment as we were told. Really weird and cool to see something I was involved in get covered by this channel. Thanks for the video! It sometimes feels like this event and everything afterwards just got buried by the Covid news.

[@101jir]

I am a bit unsure whether the nations that "left" was meant to be interpreted tactically or politically?

[@DriedConcher]

@@101jir it was more of “Them not wanting to be involved in the upcoming battle” type of thing.

[@redstwok1123]

Spare us the propaganda. Why would he come all the way to Bagdad to orchestrate a tactical attack? He was there to broker peace between rival Islamic factions in person, and the pentagon had to kill him. Ok, so now Iran will just develop nukes unchecked. Idiots and liars! Where are the WMDs?

[@travelinman70]

see what a president does when he doesn't care about service members or their family....places them in harms way for his headlines.

[@101jir]

@@travelinman70 See how political dogma can get a person to miss the point entirely.

[@harleymcnew2450]

I was at the US Embassy in Baghdad when Hezbollah came knocking on New Years Eve. I don't think "vandalized the reception area" really does it justice.

[@Twinjeremy]

Yea narrator is an idiot

[@ndimu_galya]

Nice animation 😊

[@danielpeters2282]

This was awesome

[@just_some_internet_guy]

Excellent video as always!!

[@ethanmagdaleno5332]

Dude got obliterated then turned into a Modern Warefare 2 level

[@JG54206]

When this happened it told me everything I needed to know about our president at the time. He wasn’t kidding or posturing. When he said he would do it… he would.

[@onerimeuse]

He also drew lines on maps provided by scientists because his ego didn't let him be wrong, but yeah, he did some OK stuff too. But then he completely undermined our democratic process and damaged the country in ways we'll be feeling the ripples of for a decade, thus completely removing any of the good he may have done.

[@JG54206]

@@onerimeuse You can have your opinion. I think your opinion means absolutely nothing. In fact I think it’s pretty dumb. I’m not trying to convince you of anything…. I don’t need to hear your $.02. When Trump was president gas was less than $2 per gallon, business of all kind was doing well, and the US made clear what it’s position was on the world stage. That’s a lot more than I can say for the current administration. Your political opinion literally means less than shit to me and everyone else on the internet.

[@Jake-rs9nq]

@@JG54206 Why are you so triggered? Also, the president doesn't control the world's oil market, lmfao.

[@JG54206]

@@Jake-rs9nq Saying the president of the US doesn’t control the world’s oil market is probably the dumbest thing you’ve ever said. I’m not the one who responded to a comment with absolutely no political undertone whatsoever and chose to make it a political discussion on the internet. I said that when he said he would do something, he was serious. I think that remains true and honestly I think it’s why he had and still has the amount of support that he did/does.

[@onerimeuse]

@@JG54206 oh? So bitch slapping Russia back to the sixties doesn't send a clear message to the world stage? I mean, sure than felating Putin and praising dictators. But hey, it's true, and you're right. Your opinion means nothing to me either. I'm a centrist personally, I can see good in all presidents. But not a single president has damaged our way of living g more than Trump did on his way out the door in the last hundred years... So, I guess enjoy the wrong side of history. It's cool. You and your people have made it abundantly clear that objective reasoning and critical thinking aren't your strong points. 😂😘

[@nigerianprince2620]

You missed out one of the coolest details about this. The hellfire missile used didn't contain any explosives. It had a set of blades that spin really fast and cut through the car limiting civilian casualties

[@ninjavlad9721]

These were not AGM-114R9X the vehicles exploded look at aftermath photos

[@nigerianprince2620]

@@ninjavlad9721 You are right i am spreading disinformation

[@user-ws3hx2qn1f]

They were definitely high explosive hellfire missiles...the cars were absolutely blown to bits.

[@fonesrphunny7242]

The Hellfire is gyro stabilised and doesn't spin. Spinning would make no sense anyways.

[@nigerianprince2620]

@@fonesrphunny7242 Well there is one that has a ring of blades on it that doesn't explode and just uses its kinetic energy and these massive blades to make a human smoothie. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZu0dKGpotaMgas

[@rustyshackleford1964]

Who remembers the articles that praised him as a religious scholar 😂😂

[@xiphoid2011]

You could say that he was a scholar of jihad. So the US provided him with a full-ride scholarship to study the effects of hellfire.

[@JimCar71]

The US media are 🤡

[@007kingifrit]

i think that was al baghdadi the washington post refered to him as an "austere scholar"

[@SamBrickell]

@@007kingifrit A wapo, for when your toilet paper seems a little too nice to wipe you a s s with.

[@teru797]

He was

[@Chenstrapftw]

"...continues to influence the middle east to this day" extremely well timed video given what has happened in Syria over the last day or so.

[@AaronSof]

What happened?

[@Chenstrapftw]

@@AaronSof US and Iranian forces have exchanged some blows over the past week or so in Syria

[@stewartj3407]

@Dr Sof a little game of back and forth.

[@boldCactuslad]

@@AaronSof same thing that happens every day

[@spirz4557]

@@AaronSof IRGC fucked around and found out.... again.

[@BMBladeCzernHR]

I remember this incident or the misidentification of the plane as one of my friends older sisters friend and mother were on that plane when it was shot down. We had a picture of her on a desk by the library in remembrance. She was older then us by 3 years i believe since she was in Grade 12

[@SonOfNone]

May she rest in peace. Truly awful.

[@samael335]

Omg. That's awesome. I'm about to spend way too much money on Goatguns now. Thanks! I hate you... not really.

[@ExiaMesa]

Damn I guess his security detail really blew it

[@sanfayyaad]

I mean, theres not much you can do against a drone.

[@BlueZirnitra]

​@@sanfayyaad The drones wouldn't be there if his trip wasnt already compromised.

[@afalk1024]

This kicked off 2020 nicely! 🎉🎉 🎉

[@REZOVV]

what a beautiful day

[@agmomagamer6779]

Perfect!

[@Orphican]

Thank you for not trying to describe Soleimani as an "austere scholar" like most of the media did.

[@curtisthomas2670]

No media did that. It was an lSlS leader and one paper 😆😃😄

[@far_centrist]

Very interesting how they are painting him as "pure evil", just like every enemy of the US. No one really talks about how this guy is actually in talks with the saudis on a peace plan. Ever wonder why chinese mediation of the two nations seems to happen out of the blue? Because no one wants to get droned if the negotiation is public.

[@rennscott5808]

​@Curtis Thomas that "one paper" was the washington post and it was repeated a few tes before they changed the headline

[@danruegamer4531]

@@rennscott5808 Wasn't it in the editorial column and not the main paper? There's a huge difference between the two. But I could be mistaken.

[@mbryson2899]

Why does that offend you?

[@mini1gerbel]

This was highly informative. I very much appreciate this video

[@bradgray5997]

I heard it wasn’t hell fire missiles. It was the ninja bomb with the blades that hit solemanis car so no collateral damage. Right through the roof

[@Ethan-yg4sb]

Just hangin around

[@mac_attack_zach]

Can you guys do Benghazi and Omaha beach? I'm really looking forward to those. Also this video was very well done

[@beardedbronson9615]

A video on the Achille Lauro Hijacking and subsequent military incident at Sigonella would be a good video.

[@MartIn-ik1ic]

I was working in Baghdad when this happened and remember hearing the strike

[@meatbyproducts]

That was a crazy place to be during all that. I remember it well.

[@xcc9162]

Do you guys think you could cover the battle of the Komandorski islands, it’s a pretty major engagement from a mostly forgotten theater.

[@satellieroll4742]

He literally had no intention or interest in the military, if it wasn’t for the Iraq-Iran war. Worked in a water treatment plant…then became a real life bond villain. His life’s story is a weird read.

[@ALOUD]

Does the goat guns M1 Garand make the ping noise? If it does then I'm sold.

[@ALOUD]

Update: It doesn't

[@tommcclelland119]

He’s General salami now

[@robomaster20]

I had literally arrived in the Middle East 10 days before this happened, I remember the base being on high alert for a month, couldn't go a 1000 feet before having to show my ID again. And hearing sirens go off and seeing patriot missle batteries swing around had me convinced I was dead, granted it was just a drill I didn't know about

[@ElonMuckX]

Welcome To A Warzone!

[@garretth8224]

You are one of those idiots.

[@travelinman70]

literally or actually? sounds like you were quite safe behind the security. no reason to miss lunch at the mess.

[@eonthinker100yrago8]

@@ElonMuckX it won’t be long.we the people of Middle East will kick out all US influence. We will free our lands.multipolar world is here.

[@rigorocks23]

I thought America didn’t have any nearby air defense near the base that was hit by Iran?

[@alpacatwoniner2370]

finally, a sponsor I’m actually interested in 🤔

[@SAIFBIN]

Fantastic

[@chineduonuoha294]

Good job

[@wrongway1100]

I remember when people were freaking out over it. Claiming that "he started a war." Nevermind that we were already shooting at each other long before the strike. And that the counter strikes were nothing new and it didn't change anything.

[@sultanofsick]

And now those same people want us to nuke Russia....

[@visassess8607]

Every time something like this happens people freak out about World War 3 starting

[@shawnfoogle920]

ypu the left cried WW3 soon for awhile. now like that guy said they are willing to nuke russia lol all over ukraine what a joke

[@linusmlgtips2123]

Every strike like this risks escalation to war. Just because it didn't happen this time doesn't mean it won't happen the next.

[@bccbaron12]

We were already shooting at each other and this was nothing new?

[@fargo007]

He died doing what he loved. LOL

[@timf2279]

It was the will of Allah.

[@CaseyCollier]

He died doing what he ordered other people to do.

[@amirsafari7140]

most iranian people call soleimany 'kotlet' after that accident which is a food similar to meatball dish🤣🤣even a restourant was shut down and its manager was arrested when he teached how to cook ' kotlet' in his instagram acount in the kotlet death anniversary. you see we iranian people very love our government :))

[@Soumik.Naskar]

Wasn't there a huge rally to observe mourning for him? The one that resulted in a stampede?

[@amirsafari7140]

@@Soumik.Naskar yeah still alot of people are on the regime side, mostly dumb people

[@SonOfNone]

​@@amirsafari7140 Same in America right now with Biden. There are always stupid people, and they are often the loudest.

[@blackhat6345]

Wow. what a piece of crap you are. You call yourself Iranian? You are probably one of the naive gullible teenagers who wants to run around naked and have sex with every being that has an aperture in its body. It is not true that "most" iranians do that. You kids think real life is on instagram, and actually believe "like" and view counts and take that as some kind of demographic census or legitimate poll. You kids are being brainwashed by the Western Persian-speaking media, that are taking advantage of your young age and volatile hormones, and on top of all that, your naivety. It takes a great input of stupidity to actually hate Qassem Suleymani. Man, you make yourself sound as an illegitimate son of a whore. Look at your words, kid. Are you really proud of yourself?

[@wootle]

The satellite style visualisations are riveting. The plane landing, the cats going out to meet it. Really well done. This is the new face of warfare. Call of Duty in real life. People with joysticks and controllers half a world away able to snuff people out with Hellfires.

[@JohnySilver7]

Most often than not they snuff wedding parties and innocent civilians

[@LesterCrest.I]

Why hasn’t he done The war On terror yet? I’d love to see a operation enduring freedom episode from the Op Room.🔥🔥🔥

[@benmmbk765]

​@@JohnySilver7 And YOU just can't see the number of innocent civilians killed by the terrorists.?? What about the passengers of the Ukranian flight? Were they NOT civilians?? Don't play opposum.

[@JohnySilver7]

@@benmmbk765 whataboutism

[@neshirst-ashuach1881]

"Most often than not they snuff wedding parties and innocent civilians" The above definately isn't true, whilst civilians have certainly died in drone strikes, claiming they're the majority seems absurd. Also, I'd love to see a comparison of civilian deaths from drones vs manned alternatives in simmilar circumstances. It would be interesting to see if the belief that drones cause more civilian deaths is true at all.

[@Meatful]

I love learning about more modern events

[@hillbilly4895]

Proving once again travelling by air is way safer than driving. (thanks TOR, really good content, as usual)

[@chopsuey--]

Tell that to those Ukranians shot down by SAMs.

[@MOCOHO-JONNY]

There were over 100 people on that airplane………

[@mochalo4912]

dude .. complete watching the video before commenting

[@loganamurray64]

If a missile can hit a car, it can most certainly smash into an airplane

[@egg-iu3fe]

umm....did you watch the video?

[@jdraven0890]

Sham Wings Airlines - wow, there's a name you can trust!

[@keithfarrell3370]

Gawdalmighy I love this channel