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President Donald Trump successfully ordered an airstrike to kill Qasem Soleimani, head of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps' Quds Force, the Pentagon confirmed late Thursday evening. Less than two hours later, the 2020 Democratic candidates for president began rolling out their own strongly worded responses.

The statements fell neatly into two camps: Those who strongly condemned war, and those who gave more nuanced reactions. The latter group began by condemning Soleimani for his actions, then issued a warning that the Trump administration isn’t equipped to handle the situation at hand. Some of the language candidates used was strikingly similar.

Candidates like Senator Bernie Sanders, however, responded to the escalation in Iran, which experts say will lead to retaliation and possibly warfare, by emphasizing their anti-interventionist stance.