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2022-02-18 Home Front: Politix

Mike Pompeo attacks Joe Biden for his 'enormous weakness' on Russia and says 'failure of foreign policy' will see Russian foreign minister 'eat the Secretary of State's lunch'

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Posted by Skidmark 2022-02-18 00:47|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Given our SoS, that won't be too hard even without Brandon.

Posted by Procopius2k 2022-02-18 07:39|| 2022-02-18 07:39|| Front Page Top

#2 Winken (Pelosi), Blinken, and Nod (Joe)

Posted by Frank G 2022-02-18 08:44|| 2022-02-18 08:44|| Front Page Top

#3 Call me when Pompeo of China Love quits yammering about Russia.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-02-18 08:46|| 2022-02-18 08:46|| Front Page Top

#4 What are Pelosi and her husband trading now?

Posted by Merrick Ferret 2022-02-18 09:20|| 2022-02-18 09:20|| Front Page Top

#5 our freedom away

Posted by Chris 2022-02-18 09:30|| 2022-02-18 09:30|| Front Page Top

#6 I'm disappointed in Pompeo. Did he get a payoff from Raytheon?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2022-02-18 11:16|| 2022-02-18 11:16|| Front Page Top

What must be remembered about the Russian.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-02-18 12:11|| 2022-02-18 12:11|| Front Page Top

#8 Re: #6

Watch the interview with Hannity. Pompeo said nothing of troops or military action. He talked a lot about weakness. Weakness is an interesting topic. Most people are either weak or strong inherently. Some can learn but usually it is baked in from an early age. Weakness often reveals itself with inappropriate individual acts of strength (overreactions) in an attempt to change the perception about that person.

You can even see it on dogs. We have quite a few at home. Always have for the last 30 years or so. The pack leader is the most calm and sits virtually still while the others tip toe around her. How did that occur? The dogs can sense the vibe with very little action needed by the leader. The lowest on the totem pole will occasionally get into dog fights because his insecurity is so bad.

Joe Biden, Blinken and crew are hopelessly weak. That’s why it is always so dangerous to have a weak person in charge of the military. They are prone to mostly weak actions that lead up to a poorly timed attempt to correct that narrative.

Even this article quote’s the “tough guy” Biden looking Putin in the eyes and saying you have no soul. Putin must be laughing because he know’s it’s fake and just one of many corn pop style stories.

Specifically, Pompeo detailed weakness in the following ways;
1. Pathetic Iranian nuke deal
2. No response to Russia’s shutdown of gas lines in SE US.
3. Approving Nordstrom 2 (which Trump vetoed)
4. Not allowing shipment of US energy to Europe
(By the way all the energy items are huge. As Pompeo put it, we are putting Russian economy on warp speed.)
5. Allowing Iran to ship energy around the world
6. Allowing (under Obama regime) to take Crimea without consequence
7. Showing the whole world what a disastrous retreat and defeat looks like in Afghanistan.
8. Sending in the absolute fool, climate czar Kerry, to be the first to meet with Putin.

None of these items involved Raytheon or military action. You see, when Trump and Pompeo were sitting in the room their counterparts just know they weren’t f*cking around. Like the “pack leader”, they are able to avert most confrontation through strength. Reagan understood this inherently. Almost all leftists can’t even grasp this concept.

Posted by Pholuque Henbane3472 2022-02-18 17:42|| 2022-02-18 17:42|| Front Page Top

#9 BTW, those are the point Pompeo made Hannity’s show. There are obviously tons of other examples. If I do fault Pompeo (and many other republicans, etc.) it’s going overboard to highlight the weakness. It further pushes this weak, incompetent crew to make some major mistakes to correct the narrative. I’m sure they are perplexed why all this is happening in Ukraine. They probably thought they made up for their Afghanistan debacle when they appointed the first transgender admiral 6 weeks later.

Posted by Pholuque Henbane3472 2022-02-18 18:45|| 2022-02-18 18:45|| Front Page Top

#10 It further pushes this weak, incompetent crew to make some major mistakes to correct the narrative.

Ya it just increases Biden's dementia?! Stupid remark.

Posted by Woodrow 2022-02-18 22:56|| 2022-02-18 22:56|| Front Page Top

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