Pompeo says killing of Suleimani is part of 'bigger strategy' to deter US foes: ‘Real deterrence’ strategy – which also apply to Russia and China – is at odds with earlier assertion that general was killed due to imminent threat to US

I fully agree with you. But your choice to bring it up in this thread, instead of in a thread created for that purpose seems to be an Ad Hominem attempt to distract from this issue.

Ad hominem – attacking the arguer instead of the argument. (N.b., "ad hominem" can also refer to dilectical strategy of arguing on the basis of the opponent's own commitments. This type of ad hominem is not a fallacy.) Circumstantial ad hominem - stating that the arguer's personal situation or perceived benefit from advancing a conclusion means that their conclusion is wrong.[67] Poisoning the well – a subtype of ad hominem presenting adverse information about a target person with the intention of discrediting everything that the target person says.[68] Appeal to motive – dismissing an idea by questioning the motives of its proposer. Kafka-trapping – a sophistical and unfalsifiable form of argument that attempts to overcome an opponent by inducing a sense of guilt and using the opponent's denial of guilt as further evidence of guilt.[69] Tone policing – focusing on emotion behind (or resulting from) a message rather than the message itself as a discrediting tactic. Traitorous critic fallacy (ergo decedo, 'thus leave') – a critic's perceived affiliation is portrayed as the underlying reason for the criticism and the critic is asked to stay away from the issue altogether. Easily confused with the association fallacy ("guilt by association") below.

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