Iranian General Qassem Soleimani met with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other officials last week in Moscow.According to anonymous sources speaking to the Iran’s media propaganda arm Fars News Agency (FNA), “General Soleimani held a meeting with President Putin and high-ranking Russian military and security officials during a three-day visit last week to pursue the issues raised during the (the late November) meeting between Putin and Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei (in Tehran).”Soleimani is the head of the Iranian Republican Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force, the paramilitary organization responsible for conducting covert operations in the Middle East. Soleimani and his Quds force have been Iran’s spearhead force fighting Islamic State, organizing and supporting Shia Muslim militias in Iraq and Syria, and propping up Syria’s Bashar Assad. Soleimani’s whereabouts are a close-guarded secret, however he has been perhaps the largest Iranian influence in Iraq and Syria.At one time, the mysterious Iranian leader was more myth than man, known mostly for his legendary exploits shared among Iranian soldiers. Now, Soleimani has become a cult figure not only in the Iranian military, but across Middle Eastern society. Taking a picture with him on Twitter has become a prized opportunity, and he has even become glamorized in his own Iranian pop music video.
There's the real-life "international community" - countries seeing a power void and forming alliances to their mutual interest. That gets a lot more results than "accords" and "agreements" on phantom notions like an Iran free of nuclear activity, or stopping "climate change."
So post-America sits on the sidelines as enemies and adversaries shape the 21st century world.
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