Remember “Baghdad Bob” (real name Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf), Iraq’s Minister of Information under Saddam Hussein? Do you remember that he was the guy who was on TV, telling the world how the United States was being defeated by Iraq….as U.S. tanks rolled by, unimpeded, behind him? And who told us the U.S. never invaded Baghdad at all?
Well, he’s baaa-a-a-a-ackkkk, in the form of Iranian General gholamreza soleimani.
How has soleimani he earned the mantle of overt fraud/dishonesty/absurdity held for so long by the original Baghdad Bob?
Here is your answer, via a just-published article at israelnationalnews.com:
IRGC general claims Israel ‘defeated’ militarily
US has suffered its greatest defeat since its founding, General Gholamreza Soleimani, commander of the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary, says.
The commander of the IRGC’s Basij paramilitary has claimed that the US and Israel are now defeated, Iran International reported.
On Tuesday, General Gholamreza Soleimani told Iranian media that, “The defeat of the United States in the contemporary era in the West Asia region was its first major strategic defeat.” It was also America’s “greatest defeat” since the founding of the United States, he claimed.
Soleimani also claimed that the “Zionist regime has been defeated militarily,” crippled economically by the war against Hamas in Gaza while Hezbollah continues its daily attacks on Israel.
“We must continuously create and disseminate content in the digital space, spreading the message that the Zionist regime has been defeated.”
Soleimani also stressed that the US is part of the reason why the “filthy body of the Zionist regime” has survived until now.
If that doesn’t put him in the same ballpark as Baghdad Bob, what would?
Iran is reeling. Its “three h” proxies – hamas, hezbollah and the houthis – are being systematically destroyed by Israel, with their leaders assassinated, their strongholds reduced to rubble and their weapons caches being blown to smithereens. And Israel has managed to hit multiple targets in Iran – at will – including, most recently, what apparently was its secret nuclear facility.
But none of that counts. Israel is getting its butt kicked. Just ask soleimani/Bob.
My question is not how many people outside of Iran buy this BS, because – other than people who wish Israel harm (no shortage there) and hope somehow it makes sense – the answer is no one. My question is how many Iranians are so gullible that they believe it as well.
I wonder…
