On the slim chance that someone in the media hasn't already uttered the inevitable idiocy, allow me to preemptively say
We know he was no angel.
Soleimani was a double dose of Dulles brothers and two ounces of Khalid Sheik Mohamed shaken not stirred into the stunt double for The Most Interesting Man in the World. He was the West's worst nightmare: a guy who could intelligently, strategically, and charismatically direct Iran's array of irregular forces around the region and the world.
Bad dude. Got it.
That's not the lede here. The lede is the president has gone to war without notifying Congress, let alone asking for a declaration. Let's start from there.
Carry on.