Killing Soleimani: Trump acted where other US leaders saw big risks

President Donald Trump did Friday what previous presidents did not dare to do -- eliminate a top Iranian general who aggressively expanded Tehran's power while obstructing US efforts across the Middle East. Trump's predecessors thought killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, would risk another war in the region while US troops were bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soleimani was killed in a drone strike just outside the Baghdad airport shortly after flying in to meet with local Iran allies.

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