If it weren't for fighting the ISIS and all the media hype about the ISIS around the world, we wouldn't have known Soleimani's name either. That doesn't change anything.
Did anyone know Ghaani's name before he replaced Soleimani? No.
Yes. I get it that he was an important public figure in Iraq, Syria and Iran and he was seen as a national hero, but in military terms, assassinating the commander of CENTCOM is a measured response against an equal target.
That’s not a proportional response. There is no proportional response. The military in US is built entirely different than Iran. CENTCOM commander is just a guy sitting in a office doing paperwork. Soleimani was a commander who spread Iranian influence throughout Middle East and fought in the battlefields together with his troops.