Bergen compares the death of Soleimani to the more recognizable Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi: “Osama Bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans on Tuesday morning 9/11. Baghdadi was ordering the execution of American prisoners on camera.”
Host Stephen K. Bannon adds Baghdadi was “beheading Christians left and right.”
DOWNLOAD THE WAR ROOM PODCAST FREE
Unlike Bin Laden and Baghdadi, “Soleimani was not a household name. He wasn’t introduced as a problem to the American people. Suddenly we’ve killed this guy some people were claiming on various networks it’s a bigger deal than Bin Laden or Baghdadi which I think is absurd.”
Bannon asks “Why do you think that’s absurd?”
Bergen responds: “Osama Bin Laden is a big deal. I mean Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, you can have a debate about it. The main point is [Soleimani’s] role in the region was not something that had been explained to the American people. So people are like this guy is the world’s worst human being and suddenly we’ve just heard about him? I think that had a role.”
Bergen: Bin Laden killed 3,000 Americans on 9/11, al-Baghdadi was ordering execution of prisoners on camera
Soleimani was not a household name & role in region had not been explained to the American people
👉https://t.co/mJBryufLnQ pic.twitter.com/XYUZ9iToh7
— The War Room (@WarRoom2020) January 9, 2020
