In a statement posted on Twitter on Thursday night, Romney described Soleimani as a “depraved terrorist who had the blood of hundreds of American servicemen and women on his hands, and who was doubtlessly planning operations to further harm our citizens and allies.”
“We remember and honor the sacrifice of those servicemen and women, and we commend our brave troops and intel officers who carried out this successful mission,” Romney said in his statement. “At this time of increased tension in the region, the U.S. must take necessary steps to protect our personnel there and beyond.”
The Utah senator is the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near East, South Asia, Central Asia and Counterterrorism, which deals with U.S. relations with countries in the Middle East.
Utah’s only Democrat in Congress, Rep. Ben McAdams, said no one is mourning the death of Soleimani.
“I think I feel the same sense of outrage that we all do and certainly he deserved consequences,” he said on KSL Newsradio.
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Mormonism supposedly transcends the arbitrarily drawn boundaries of man-made communities and populations. So does Mormon Mitt Romney really carry the courage of his convictions? Where does he stand on:
“Thou shalt not kill”.
“Love thy neighbour as thyself”.
And “Turn the other cheek”.
There’s is clearly a conflict of conscience between being a politician within a warmongering government, and being a Latter-day Saint.