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New York Times compares Qasem Soleimani to Martin Luther King

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If you needed any more proof that the media was the enemy of the American people, look no further than the New York Times. They’ve been in mourning, just as much as the Ayatollah since Qasem Soleimani was put on ice. Now, they are comparing Soleimani to Martin Luther King. Seriously.

New York Times compares Qasem Soleimani to Martin Luther King
New York Times compares Qasem Soleimani to Martin Luther King

Fassihi continued: “When I asked [opposition activists] why are you there, why are you going [to the funeral], the response was, Gen. Soleimani protected our national security, he transcended politics, he was a national hero. And I was talking to some young people who had attended his funeral and I spoke to a 22-year-old young man, a university student and I asked him ‘why are you at the funeral?’ And he said, knowing Gen. Soleimani was out there made me feel safer, he was like a security umbrella above our country. And that’s a sentiment that I heard over and over.”

The Times liked that quote so much they made it the Twitter teaser for the podcast (greeted with obloquy in the comments). Of course, an authoritarian regime has powers to encourage participation in mass anti-American protests like the funeral.

Host Michael Barbaro followed up excitedly: “What you’re describing feels like the kind of unified national outpouring that is reserved for a small handful of figures in any country, I mean, a beloved president, a civil rights leader like Martin Luther King in the United States — not for what our colleagues have described as a general who specializes in covert operations in Iran.”

Later Fassihi explained why Trump’s move would backfire: “I think the White House probably thought that it was taking out a military commander that may not very popular with ordinary Iranians, that there’s been a lot of discontent in November against the government and that maybe Iranians would support this decision…But what we’ve seen is that the U.S. has effectively turned Gen. Soleimani into a martyr.”