What was the to Iranian general doing in Iraq anyway? He sure wasn't delivering roses!
He stepped off the plane in a warzone - after the declarations he's made - then he's fair game.
Iran has been pushing it for a long time - it was time to hit 'em hard. They took those American sailor hostage, they do PT boat attack runs on our ships, they shot down the expensive drone, they support Hezbollah. Plus I don't think they ever fully paid for the Iran crisis back in 1979.
But taking out Salimani probably will start a wider conflict - which the military industrial complex wants - and Trump campaigned he'd end!
I guess what I'm saying is tactically it was perfect but strategically it's probably going to come back to bite us.