Soleimani, the chief of the IRGC Quds Force, told Trump to stop talking to other
countries, including Iran, like a "cabaret owner”.
"You threaten us with an action that is ‘unprecedented’ in the world. This is
cabaret-style rhetoric. Only a cabaret owner talks to the world this way,”
Soleimani remarked.
Soleimani was reacting to Trump’s all-caps tweet addressed to Iranian President
Hassan Rouhani, in which he threatened the Islamic Republic with actions "the
likes of which few throughout history have ever suffered before.”
IRGC Quds Force chief warns U.S. will face "asymmetrical war” if it invades
Iran.
The tweet came after President Rouhani warned the U.S. against its hostile
approach against Iran, saying Washington should know that "peace with Iran will
be the mother of all peace while war with the country will be the mother of all
wars”.
The Quds Force commander said "as a solider” he responds to Trump.
"It is beneath the dignity of our president to respond to you. I, as a soldier,
respond to you,” Soleimani further said, according to Press TV.
U.S. failures evident in Iraq and Afghanistan
The senior general further reminded the United States of its failures in its
invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
"What was it that you could do over the past 20 years but you didn’t? You came
to Afghanistan with scores of tanks and personnel carriers and hundreds of
advanced helicopters and committed crimes there. What the hell could you do
between 2001 and 2018 with 110,000 troops? You are today begging Taliban for
talks,” Major General Soleimani said.
The Iranian commander added, "Afghanistan was a poor country, what the hell
could you do in this country that you are currently threatening us?"
"You arrogantly attacked Iraq with 160,000 troops and multiple times [military
equipment] compared to what you used in Afghanistan, but what happened? Ask your
then commander who was the person that he sent to me and asked ‘Is is possible
for you to give us time [and] use your influence so that our soldiers would not
be attacked by the Iraqi fighters in these few months until we exit this
country?’ Have you forgotten that you provided adult diapers for your soldiers
in tanks? Despite that you are currently threatening the great country of Iran?
With what background do you threaten [us]?”
"We are near you, where you can't even imagine. We are the nation of martyrdom,
we are the nation of Imam Hossein, you better ask. Come; we are ready. We are
the man of this arena. You know that this war would mean annihilation of all
your means. You may begin the war, but it is us who will end it,” he said.
In Yemen, Soleimani said, the U.S.-backed coalition of Saudi Arabia and its
allies has been incapable of making any gains against the country’s Houthi
Ansarullah movement, which is both running state affairs and defending the
nation against the Riyadh-led aggression.
"We are near you, where you can't even imagine.”
"A mere organization is standing against you in Yemen, but it has emerged
victorious in the face of the most advanced of your military equipment. What
have you achieved over the past four years? You stripped the Red Sea – which
used to be a safe sea – of security. You brought under fire Saudi Arabia and
[its capital] Riyadh – which had not seen a single rocket fired at them for 100
years.”
The senior general further warned Trump against insulting the Iranian nation and
president.
"Trump! You must not threaten our nation and must not insult our president… You
must know what you are talking about; ask your predecessors and take advantage
of their experiences,” General Soleimani emphasized.
The senior military official also censured the U.S. for supporting the most
hated anti-Iran terror group, called the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO),
saying Washington failed to achieve anything by doing so.
The commander of the IRGC’s Quds Force said, "The U.S. had some grandeur in the
past [and] when its fleet moved out, a nation fell apart. Have you now become
attached to the Monafeqeen, who have been thrown in the trash bin of Iran's
history? You have become attached to a vagrant woman, and show her in all [your
news] networks; is your hope pinned on this? Is this all your power? You are
aware of our power in the region and capability for [launching] asymmetrical
war?”
Source:TehranTimes