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President Trump warns Iran: US has targeted '52 Iranian sites' and will 'hit very fast and very hard' if needed

Iranian Ambassador to the United Nations Majid Takht Ravanchi tells CNN's Erin Burnett that Iran plans to exact "harsh revenge" after the US carried out a strike which killed top Iranian General Qasam Soleimani. On Saturday, President Trump responded to all that noise, and the many threats from Iran that the media has lovingly quoted and tweeted and reported on air in somber tones and without criticism, with a tweet thread that is VERY specific about what happens if Iran tries to mess with us some more. Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently.... — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 4, 2020 ....hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran h...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg says Soleimani "has American blood on his hands" and a "was a walking campaign of violence" but the decision to kill him was "questionable to say the least" and Trump deserves no credit for it.

" We need answers "  Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg comments on the deadly strike by US forces that killed Iran's top military leader. Mayor Pete Buttigieg said that Soleimani was “not a good guy” who has led “countless operations against American interests, American allies, and American citizens.” He’s said that “bad guy” bit in particualr several times over the last few days, in order to then say basically “but even so bad Trump do bad.” That just because he was bad doesn’t mean Trump’s move was good. On Sunday on CNN he made the same basic arguments, but under questions from Jake Tapper rather than just pontificating from a town hall podium, and so he put some extra meaning into it. As you’ll see in the  two  clips below. He told Tapper, for example, that Soleimani “was a bad figure. He has American blood on his hands. None of us should shed a tear for his death. But just because he deserved it, doesn’t mean it was the right strategic move.”...