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Pompeo Rejects Obama's Policy in Egypt: ‘The Age of Self-Inflicted American Shame is Over' |
2019-01-11 |
[Legal Insurresction] "Let me be clear: America will not retreat until the terror fight is over." Back in 2009, former President Barack Obama delivered a speech at American University in Cairo, Egypt, that "promised a new beginning with Muslim and Arab countries." The right criticized Obama "for placing too much blame on the U.S. for strife in the region." On Thursday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo rejected Obama’s Middle East policy and stated "the age of self-inflicted American shame is over." From Fox News: Pompeo, while not mentioning Obama by name, said that "it was here, in this city, another American stood before you" and "told you that radical Islamist terrorism does not stem from ideology." Pompeo turned his attention to Iran and attacked the nuclear deal, which President Donald Trump withdrew America from in 2018. From The Times of Israel: "President Trump has reversed our willful blindness to the danger of the regime and withdrew from the failed nuclear deal, with its false promises," Pompeo said. "Countries increasingly understand that we must confront the ayatollahs, not coddle them." He also promised our allies in the Middle East that America will always be there: "Our aim is to partner with our friends and vigorously oppose our enemies, because a strong, secure, and economically viable Middle East is in our national interest ‐ and yours," he said. "Let me be clear: America will not retreat until the terror fight is over." |
Posted by:Frank G |
#1 Until the terror fight is over? What, we going to reorder the entire region until it's not Islamic any more? All I hear is a promise of unending war. |
Posted by: Herb McCoy 2019-01-11 00:21 |