TEHRAN (Dispatches) -- The U.S. assassination of IRGC’s Quds Force commander, Lt. Gen. Qasem Soleimani, on Trump’s order has sparked wide criticism amid American celebrities.
"Dear #Iran, The U.S.A. has disrespected your country, your flag, your people. 52% of us humbly apologize. We want peace with your nation. We are being held hostage by a terrorist regime. We do not know how to escape. Please do not kill us. #Soleimani,” wrote American actress, activist, and author Rose McGowan in a tweet.
Her tweet received backlash from several accounts, prompting her to add in another tweet that she was scared of the prospect of an impending war. Rosanna Arquette publicized her opinion, briefly writing, "Hitler did the same thing."
Debra Messing brought up an old post from 2012 written by Trump that read, "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Iran. He is desperate."
Rob Reiner also wrote in the social media, "What a horrible feeling. Having a Commander-In-Chief who you know is a Pathological Liar trying to justify striking the heart of Iran's military."
Alec Baldwin with his impersonations of Trump on TV shows noted in a post that the U.S. president did all this to distract the public opinion from his impeachment.
"Off to war - god help us #RemoveTrump," Rosie O'Donnell said in a social media post.
Kathleen Mary Griffin, an American comedian and actress, also took to Twitter to voice her opposition to the U.S. move by saying "Donald Trump has put every American, all over the world, in grave danger by this incredibly ignorant and thoughtless act of war.”
The United States terrorist forces assassinated Lt. General Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the second-in-command of Iraq’s pro-government Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) — better known as Hashd al-Sha’abi — in an airstrike at Baghdad’s international airport early on Friday. The Pentagon said in a statement that U.S. President Donald Trump had ordered the attack.