Soleimani is more dangerous in death than in life

In the movie 'Wag the Dog,” two weeks before a presidential election, the sitting president is accused of sexual misconduct with a young girl. Desperate for a way to suppress the story the president's political consultant, Conrad Brean (Robert DeNiro), seeks the help of Hollywood producer Stanley Motss (Dustin Hoffman). 'What do you think would hold it off?” he asks. The producer responds, 'Nothing. Nothing. You'd have to have a war.”

How can a president get popular support for war? Hermann Goering understood it best: 'It is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship … All you have to do is to tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.”

As prior presidents predicted, our enemy, General Qassem Soleimani, has already become a far greater threat to America in death than he ever was in life. That threat will only increase over the months and years to come.

Nicholas Johnson

Iowa City