The drone killing on Jan. 3 of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, the bloody-handed leader of Iran's elite Quds Force, was an expression of President Trump's lifelong philosophy: "Get even with people. If they screw you, screw them back 10 times as hard," as he said in a 2011 speech. The question is whether what works against other real estate developers will work as well against Iran.Iran's immediate response to the killing of Soleimani-a Jan. 7 missile attack on joint U.S.-Iraqi military bases that caused no deaths or injuries-seemed symbolic. But that doesn't mean it won't strike again, and in the long run, the president'sgambit could provoke escalation and damage America's standing in the region.
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