{"id":3975,"date":"2020-01-11T13:26:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:26:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2020-01-11T13:26:57","modified_gmt":"2020-01-11T17:26:57","slug":"why-did-5-pentagon-officials-resign-prior-to-assassination-of-general-soleimani","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3975","title":{"rendered":"Why did 5 Pentagon officials resign prior to assassination of General Soleimani?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Coincidence? Trump Admin Had Five Pentagon Officials Resign Prior To Assassination Of Iran General<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/war-trump-pentagon.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-193425\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-193425 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/war-trump-pentagon.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/war-trump-pentagon.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/war-trump-pentagon-300x157.jpg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"728\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a>By\u00a0Aaron Kesel<br \/>\nActivist Post<\/p>\n<p>There are many who accuse U.S. President Donald Trump of \u201cwagging the dog\u201d when it comes to the recent bombing that killed Al Quds commander Qassem Soleimani due to the fact he is facing impeachment. While many media outlets have stated this accusation suggesting the assassination of Iran\u2019s Soleimani was pre-planned, to this writer\u2019s knowledge no one has pointed out that five total Pentagon officials resigned prior to the murder or Eric Trump\u2019s strange tweet about \u201copening a can of whoop ass,\u201d right before the New Year.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Wag the Dog<\/em>\u00a0was released one month before the outbreak of the Lewinsky scandal and the subsequent bombing of the Al-Shifa pharmaceutical factory in Sudan by the Clinton administration in August 1998, which prompted the media to draw comparisons between the film and reality. The comparison was also made in December 1998 when the administration initiated a bombing campaign of Iraq during Clinton\u2019s impeachment trial over the Lewinsky scandal. \u2013\u00a0<em>Wikipedia<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Although the evidence is not directly from documents, it\u2019s worth mentioning that prior to the assassination of Soleimani a total of five high-ranking Pentagon officials resigned,\u00a0<em>The Hill<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/defense\/475205-fifth-pentagon-official-announces-resignation-in-seven-days\">reported.<\/a>\u00a0Those officials were \u2014 Ambassador\u00a0<a class=\"StoryBody__link--10w8x\" href=\"https:\/\/www.acq.osd.mil\/ic\/Links\/AMB%20Kaidanow%20Bio.pdf\">Tina Kaidanow<\/a>, senior adviser for international cooperation;\u00a0<a class=\"StoryBody__link--10w8x\" href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/12\/12\/schriver-pentagon-asia-policy-lead-exits-building\/\">Randall Schriver<\/a>, the top Asia policy official;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/12\/13\/pentagons-top-personnel-official-retires\/\">Jimmy Stewart<\/a>, the acting undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/breaking-news\/2019\/12\/17\/darpa-head-resigns-moving-on-to-industry\/\">Steven Walker<\/a>, head of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2019\/12\/18\/kari-bingen-top-dod-intelligence-official-to-depart-pentagon\/\">Kari Bingen<\/a>; principal deputy undersecretary of defense for intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>Many said they were resigning for various different reasons but the probability of all resigning at once before a big move that could spark global conflict is slim to none.\u00a0 This may be because the option for killing Soleimani was presented around this time which many saw as a potential \u201cwar move\u201d and these Pentagon officials didn\u2019t want to be involved with the next conflict. Entirely speculation, but warranted, since if we dig even deeper we can see this option indeed was presented to Trump as an \u201cextreme measure\u201d according to government officials who spoke under the condition of anonymity to the\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/04\/us\/politics\/trump-suleimani.html\">New York Times<\/a><\/em>. Further, former National Security Adviser John Bolton, also tweeted that it was \u201clong in the making,\u201d congratulating his former administration.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s own son, Eric Trump, also issued a strange tweet on December 31st which suggested foreknowledge of the assassination of Soleimani. This tweet is significant since on December 28th\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thelastamericanvagabond.com\/\">The Last American Vagabond<\/a><\/em>\u00a0reported:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/12\/an-american-was-just-killed-in-a-rocket-attack-in-iraq-just-after-pompeo-set-the-stage-to-blame-iran.html\">\u201cAn American Was Just Killed In A Rocket Attack In Iraq Just After Pompeo Set The Stage To Blame Iran.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why (the better question is HOW) did <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EricTrump<\/a> know anything about this in advance&#8230;and why has he since deleted this tweet? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0xKbTweQVs\">pic.twitter.com\/0xKbTweQVs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realTuckFrumper\/status\/1212925386209689600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It is also worth noting that people high up in the Pentagon in the year 2001 planned 7 wars with 5 countries as 4-star U.S. General Wesley Clark stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--cta js-clickToOpenTarget\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realTuckFrumper\/status\/1212925386209689600\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-twitter-event-id=\"3\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 2007, Clark revealed that high top brass at the Pentagon in 2001, mere weeks after 9\/11, planned to invade seven countries within five years with the last remaining country being, you guessed it: Iran!<\/p>\n<p>Those countries included \u2014 Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Iran.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"General Wesley Clark   Wars Were Planned   Seven Countries In Five Years\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FNt7s_Wed_4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Now why would war hawks suddenly want a war with Iran? Perhaps it is due to the fact that a new oil field which would increase Iran\u2019s proven reserves by about a third was discovered months ago, as the BBC\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/amp\/world-middle-east-50365235\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This oil field would account for 53 billion barrels of crude oil, according to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. This is significant since when the U.S. looked to be ready to invade Venezuela, John Neo-con Bolton as the former National Security Adviser told the truth to the world when he slipped up on Fox News by stating it\u2019s all about the oil, as\u00a0<em>TeleSur\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.telesurenglish.net\/news\/John-Bolton-Admits-US-backed-Coup-in-Venezuela-Is-About-Oil-Not-Democracy-20190130-0020.html\">reported.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt will make a big difference to the United States economically if we could have American oil companies invest in and produce the oil capabilities in Venezuela,\u201d Bolton told Fox News in an interview this week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason is seizing the oil of Venezuela, because we have the largest oil reserves, we confirm that we have the largest reserves of gold in the world, we have the world\u2019s fourth-largest gas (reserves), have large reserves of coltan , diamonds, aluminum, iron, we have drinking water reserves throughout the national territory, we have energy and natural resources,\u201d said Venezuelan president Maduro.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Things seem to have calmed down for now, with Trump declaring de-escalation efforts. But the evidence of oil found in Iran prior to Soleimani\u2019s assassination and the resignation of Pentagon officials can\u2019t be ignored. The House which is held by Democrats has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/house-passes-measure-limit-trumps-001419028.html\">passed<\/a> a resolution to limit Trump\u2019s military actions in Iran, using the 1973 War Powers Act. The bill now heads to the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Another key fact that needs to be looked at is, ironically, U.S. Col Douglas Macgregor\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.activistpost.com\/2019\/05\/after-army-col-warns-of-false-flag-to-start-war-with-iran-us-blames-iran-for-attacks.html\">warned<\/a>\u00a0Trump about false flag attempts to get him into war using his favorite TV network Fox News in 2019.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cI think the president needs to watch carefully for the potential for something like the Gulf of Tonkin incident,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0Col. Macgregor said. \u201cMany of your viewers may not remember that it never happened and we could very well be treated to something like that in the Gulf. We should watch for that, and this is an example of President Trump\u2019s comments on fake news, he should not be sabotage by fake news.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>All of this is a hell of a coincidence; and as Joseph P. Kennedy (John F. Kennedy\u2019s father)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.barrypopik.com\/index.php\/new_york_city\/entry\/there_are_no_accidents_in_politics\">said<\/a>\u00a0to a reporter in the 1960s, \u201cThere are no accidents in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>**By [@An0nkn0wledge](<a href=\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/@an0nkn0wledge\">https:\/\/steemit.com\/@an0nkn0wledge<\/a>)**<\/p>\n<p><em>Aaron Kesel writes for Activist Post. Support us at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/activistpost\">Patreon<\/a>. 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