>My gut also said Soleimani is not a black hat.
I don't think he was either. He was a loyal soldier and an excellent one at that.
Very much for the "wrong" country though (the Mullahs, which I have no sympathy for whatsoever, and we all know how it came the mullahswere able to convert Iran into some backward religious dictatorship).
Suleimani was a soldier and thus knew he'd be at risk being killed anytime.
POTUS took one of the mullahs rooks (or knight or whatever) – fair chess move in my view.
If he is dead (once again)? For now I'd think so – let's see….