“Ignore the red flags of revenge over Iran… now is the time to keep calm and carry on”

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RICHARD LITTLEJOHN: Ignore the red flags of revenge over Iran… now is the time to keep calm and carry on

By Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail, 7 January 2020

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As news broke that Iran’s top general had been fast-tracked through departures at Baghdad Airport by an American drone strike, the heart sank.

Not that the vaporisation of a bloodthirsty Islamist psychopath responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent people should be anything other than a cause for celebration.

It’s just that I could have predicted what would follow. And I’m not talking about the ritual sabre-rattling, wailing and gnashing of teeth from Tehran.

No, it’s the tedious, knee-jerk condemnation from Iran’s useful idiots here in Britain that is so depressing.

As news broke that Iran’s top general (pictured) had been fast-tracked through departures at Baghdad Airport by an American drone strike, the heart sank

Naturally, O.J. Corbyn was first out of the blocks with one of his boilerplate anti-American diatribes. And his terrorist-loving sidekick McDonnell took to the streets five minutes later with the usual suspects from the Stop The War rabble.

Of course he did. McDonnell and Corbyn have never met an enemy of Britain they didn’t like.

Frankly, who cares what either of Labour’s losers thinks about anything any more? They’re history, but they just don’t know when to leave the stage.

Given five minutes’ notice of the drone strike, I could have told you precisely how it would be received.

Donald Trump would be accused of trying to start World War III, violating international law and deliberately escalating tensions in the Middle East. Meanwhile, TV coverage would concentrate on the grieving rent-a-mobs vowing retaliation. How many times have we seen assorted Iranian ‘lawmakers’ chanting ‘Death to America’ over the past 40 years?


Naturally, O.J. Corbyn (left) was first out of the blocks with one of his boilerplate anti-American diatribes. And his terrorist-loving sidekick McDonnell (right) took to the streets five minutes later with the usual suspects from the Stop The War rabble

One of the funniest things on Sky News yesterday was the detailed analysis of the crowd at the funeral march in Tehran. We were told we should especially look out for red flags among the sea of flags being raised. Never mind the black-and-white banners, these were the Shia ‘Red Flags of Revenge’.

Aaargh! Beware the Red Flags of Revenge!

The fact that they had been unfurled meant Iran now had to strike back. As if they weren’t going to, anyway.

Iran doesn’t so much strike back as strike first. For at least four decades, Tehran has been pursuing an unrelenting campaign of terror, particularly against American targets, much of it orchestrated by Qassem Soleimani until that American missile finally caught up with him on Friday.

Yet after paying lip-service to the fact that Soleimani wasn’t exactly Iran’s answer to the saintly Mother Teresa of Calcutta, a conga-line of ‘experts’ was wheeled out to explain why killing him was a threat to world peace.

Donald Trump (pictured) would be accused of trying to start World War III, violating international law and deliberately escalating tensions in the Middle East

Somehow, though, Iran’s regional expansionism, sponsorship of terrorist organisations and responsibility for countless murders as far afield as Indonesia and Buenos Aires keeps getting put on the back-burner.

The narrative is always about American aggression, just as Israel is always blamed for ‘perpetuating the cycle of violence’ every time it reacts — proportionately — to thousands of rockets being fired at its civilian population by Iran’s proxy terror groups in Palestine.

Trump is accused of violating Iraq’s sovereignty by taking out Soleimani in Baghdad. But what was the Iranian-inspired attack on the U.S. embassy in Baghdad last week if not a violation of sovereignty? And what the hell was Soleimani doing there in Iraq in the first place?

Trump is already being warned that destroying ‘cultural sites’ in Iran will amount to a war crime. Why flatten an ancient mosque, rather than a nuclear enrichment plant or a terrorist training camp?

This kind of nonsense is right up there with the constant warnings during the Iraq War about the dangers of violating ‘holy cities’ and disturbing the sanctity of ‘Friday prayers’.


Soleimani’s body was returned to Iran on Sunday. People are seen carrying his casket upon arrival at Ahvaz International Airport in Tehran. The casket was greeted by chants of ‘Death to America’ as Iran issued new threats of retaliation

Turned out just about every city, town or hamlet in the Middle East qualifies as ‘holy’.

I can remembering wondering at the time why we never describe Canterbury or Winchester as ‘holy cities’ or talk about Christians taking part in ‘Sunday prayers’. It’s just another manifestation of the cultural cringe which promotes all other faiths and beliefs above our own.

We are also told the President’s recklessness will drag Britain into war with Iran, as if the mad mullahs don’t hate us enough already. In the aftermath of the Iraq invasion, nearly 200 British troops were killed by roadside bombs and munitions supplied by Iran.

And how many people now remember the taking of Royal Navy hostages in the Shatt-al-Arab waterway in 2007? They were paraded on Iranian TV in a deliberate attempt to humiliate Britain.

Coincidentally, we have just learned of the death of special forces hero Tom MacDonald, who took part in the SAS operation to rescue hostages taken by Islamist terrorists loyal to Ayatollah Khomeini during the Iranian Embassy siege in London in 1980. That’s a poignant reminder of just how long Iran has been exporting terror beyond its borders.
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It came after an Iranian mob invaded the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, holding more than 50 hostages for 444 days. More recently, Iranian-backed jihadis attacked the U.S Embassy in Benghazi, killing the ambassador.

But the abject failure of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton to punish Iran for the Benghazi atrocity only emboldened the bloodthirsty Iranian regime still further. Obama even tried to appease the Iranians with billions of dollars for a non-proliferation deal Tehran never had any intention of honouring.

It’s fair to say, though, that if Obama had ordered a drone attack on Soleimani, he’d have been hailed as a hero, striking an historic and measured blow for peace and stability.

Most of the antagonism levelled at America’s action in taking out Soleimani has been motivated by pure, visceral hatred of Trump, both here and in the U.S. He’s been monstered for not telling the British government in advance of the attack. So much for the so-called special relationship, eh?

Yet given the leaking last year of our former Washington Ambassador Kim Darroch’s confidential cables containing withering criticism of the President, who can blame him for not trusting the usual diplomatic channels?

For all we know, Trump called Boris at his holiday hideaway on Mustique. They do have telephones in the Caribbean.

As regular readers are aware, this column doesn’t do honeymoon periods. But I won’t join in the criticism of Boris for not cutting his holiday short.

For a start, he deserved a break after the travails and eventual triumphs of the past few months.

Anyway, what was he supposed to do? My fear was that Boris would channel his inner Churchill complex and turn up in a siren suit and a homburg, puffing on a large cigar and pushing toy tanks round a sandpit in the Cabinet war rooms.

After all, Blair, Brown, Call Me Dave and even Mrs May would have been unable to resist such an opportunity for grandstanding.

Yet Boris, wisely, stuck to his sun-lounger, poured himself another rum punch and monitored events from the pool side, while trusting his ministers, aides and generals back in London to do their jobs.

Never mind how much point-scoring politicians and TV producers desperate to fill their rolling news schedules might protest. This was grown-up government.

Boris has given his full support to Trump, and reassured the Europeans, while refusing to over-react and maintaining a commendable spirit of independence.

Nobody really knows what is going to happen next. My best guess is that Trump will have seriously rattled Tehran. The mullahs now know they can no longer attack U.S. targets with impunity.

Yes, there will probably be some kind of retaliation met by further retribution from the U.S, but it’s not the beginning of World War III. And even if it is, Boris has made a decent start worthy of his hero.

Keep Calm and Carry On

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Halal Bacon
Halal Bacon
4 years ago

POTUS understands the chaos unleashed when you take out the “leadership” they default back to killing each other in their underlying tribalism, centuries old – they have no understanding of the concept of a “social contract” and personal responsibility to maintain civility.

Suresh
Suresh
4 years ago
Reply to  Halal Bacon

They are following their perfect man – Moham-mad. And if you dare expose truth about him they will keel you !

just like the jihadis in Indianapolis are doing http://bit.ly/2rVCN7E

Iran is counting on such muslims within USA to attack Americans.

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DemocracyRules
DemocracyRules
4 years ago

Senator Rubio tweeted that Iran may have missed on purpose. That way, they have appeared to launch a revenge attack, but the USA would not respond.

That seems to have been the Pentagon’s method here. Since the Iranian missiles were off target, anti-missile missiles were not launched.

Liatris Spicata
Liatris Spicata
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

I’ve wondered the same thing. The Israelis faked injured soldiers last year to mollify Hezbollah. Shame honor at its ripest.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

As opposed to Palywood productions proving that their enemy killed children deliberately You know nothing about muslim “ethics”.

PlatinumGhost
PlatinumGhost
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

But six American Warplanes were.

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago
Reply to  DemocracyRules

A gesture from fanatics seething with revenge blood lust? Come on!

TomSJr
TomSJr
4 years ago

TO Richard Littlejohn for the Daily Mail, 7 January 2020:

Oh please. You Brits chose to allow a Muslim despot to run for Mayor and WIN in London. Brits allowed Muslims to immigrate into your country and ALL WITH OPEN ARMS. Did you do your homework on their ideology of evil for anyone other than themselves? Did anyone sound the bell that MUSLIMS ARE THE WORSE HUMAN BEINGS ON THE PLANET? NO. You Brits wants to be ALL-INCLUSIVE, which is just another word for POPULAR. But, we all know that the POPULAR thing to do is NOT ALWAYS THE WISEST THING TO DO.

I feel sorry for everyone in the world that does NOT want to see what is coming their way JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO BE THE POPULAR COUNTRY IN THE WORLD by welcoming these cretins and barbaric Muslims into their countries.

So, do you TEST THE ICE before you skate on it or do you just start skating? Me thinks the LATTER. Yeah, I know, I know, YOU personally DID NOT make the choice your Leaders did, but try to remember America’s CIVIL WAR and why we fought so hard. Try to remember your HISTORY, AMERICA’S HISTORY, your HISTORY WITH THE GERMANS because those who forget history ARE BOUND TO REPEAT IT. This time, Britain, YOU ARE ALLOWING THE GERMANS (Muslims) TO JUST WALK IN AND TAKE OVER, kinda like FRANCE did in WW2.

THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE USA HAS THE 2ND AMENDMENT, just so we, as a majority can defend our country once again from TYRANNY. It has already started BECAUSE America’s CONGRESS is filled with communists, socialist, muslims, ALL TYRANTS. These politicians who hate America so much SOON, are going to wish differently, or maybe they won’t, but in either case, AMERICANS HAVE AWAKENED TO THE EVIL THAT IS IN CONGRESS AND WE WILL DEAL WITH IT………….OUR WAY.

Liatris Spicata
Liatris Spicata
4 years ago

Trump is already being warned that destroying ‘cultural sites’ in Iran will amount to a war crime. Why flatten an ancient mosque, rather than a nuclear enrichment plant or a terrorist training camp?

Yup. Despite some excellent initiatives on his part, Trump’s overall ineptitude is amply put on display by his threat to take out cultural sites. Fortunately, he was countermanded by his own Secretary of Defense.

Keith Weinman
Keith Weinman
4 years ago

Oh do shut it spiti.

Liatris Spicata
Liatris Spicata
4 years ago
Reply to  Keith Weinman

Oh do shut it spiti.

f-off you stupid a-hole who has no point to make other than mindless vitriol.

livingengine
livingengine
4 years ago

Storing weapons at cultural areas would be perfectly consistent with established jihadist stratagems. https://www.jihadwatch.org/2020/01/cnn-trumps-threat

Ban Islam
Ban Islam
4 years ago
Reply to  Keith Weinman

Just block that lowlife like I did and you won’t have to be annoyed by his posts.

MAS
MAS
4 years ago

Few things are more nerve wracking than facing someone who is powerful and unpredictable. The bully (Iran) is just getting a dose of their own psy ops. Now do I think President Trump is a 3 D chess master? No but he is smart enough to throw stuff at the wall to see what sticks for effect…

Michelle
Michelle
4 years ago

He is all that you have against the socialist tide and calling him “inept” just shows your true colours. I suppose that you would prefer an appeaser? Notre Dame, countless other churches all across the world but not a mosque in a country that screams for US blood every day. That is appeasement. He has the right idea but it is really the enrichment sites and the missile factories that should be targeted right now as it is the mosques in the west that should be destroyed.. Tell us all: what would you do? Ohh I know: allow them to proceed on their merry way and not upset them. you have NO idea. Muslims only respect greater force and nothing else. Kindness is a weakness to them.

MAS
MAS
4 years ago

Just like any schoolyard bully, a bloody nose for him is the best medicine. And just like any school administration, the leftists want to punish the victim not the bully. We’re supposed to continue letting the bully assault us in the name of “peace”. Well no more, it’s simple elementary school playground logic…

Andycane
Andycane
4 years ago

My mum lived through Hitlers bombs and her 3 brothers fought all through World War II. The British were not snow flakes then, and there was not rampant crime in the streets. How far they have come. One wonders if todays liberals would not send roses to Hitler. It’s good to see some down to earthiness.

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