She reported a rumor or a leak or a source or somebody said Pompeo visited Trump to ask him to get rid of the IG investigating him (Pompeo) and Trump made the call right them.
If I didn't mistake what she said.
"Some day, and that day may never come, . . . . "
I had forgotten how good Brando was in that role.
He does it better than Bozo does, eh?
Showing posts with label Pompeo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pompeo. Show all posts
Monday, May 18, 2020
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Pompeo's new story
China deliberately delayed informing the world in order to buy time to import crucial PPE.
I guess somebody figures this is a lot more credible than that they dumped the virus on the world just to get rid of Bozo.
Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab but produces none.
More blame for China is less for the Duce.
These thugs are increasing the risk of actual war with China to help the Idiot Crime Boss get reelected.
Fauci dismisses the theory that coronavirus originated in a lab
I guess somebody figures this is a lot more credible than that they dumped the virus on the world just to get rid of Bozo.
Pompeo says 'enormous evidence' virus came from Wuhan lab but produces none.
More blame for China is less for the Duce.
These thugs are increasing the risk of actual war with China to help the Idiot Crime Boss get reelected.
Fauci dismisses the theory that coronavirus originated in a lab
Thursday, March 26, 2020
Drain the Swamp!
This could be why some people think "the system is rigged".
SecState Pompeo Pressures Saudis to Raise Gasoline Prices
SecState Pompeo Pressures Saudis to Raise Gasoline Prices
Friday, January 10, 2020
John Kerry on the Trump-Pompeo "outright lie"
At You Tube.
Iran sued to recover those frozen assets and won.
Oh, and NATO-ME?
Bozo is a complete idiot and Pompeo is a contemptible lying thug.
Iran sued to recover those frozen assets and won.
Oh, and NATO-ME?
Bozo is a complete idiot and Pompeo is a contemptible lying thug.
Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Pompeo, too?
Pompeo orders diplomats not to meet with Iranian opposition groups amid tensions
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all US missions overseas ordering diplomats not to meet with Iranian opposition groups without specific approval because it could further exacerbate tensions with the Iranian regime.
"Many exiled Iranian opposition groups try to engage U.S. officials regularly to gain at least the appearance of tacit support and enhance their visibility and clout," Pompeo said, according to a copy of the cable obtained by CNN.
He noted that many of these groups "have previously or are currently using violent means in support of their political aims."
"Direct U.S. government engagement with these groups could prove counterproductive to our policy goal of seeking a comprehensive deal with the Iranian regime that addresses its destabilizing behavior," Pompeo wrote.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all US missions overseas ordering diplomats not to meet with Iranian opposition groups without specific approval because it could further exacerbate tensions with the Iranian regime.
"Many exiled Iranian opposition groups try to engage U.S. officials regularly to gain at least the appearance of tacit support and enhance their visibility and clout," Pompeo said, according to a copy of the cable obtained by CNN.
He noted that many of these groups "have previously or are currently using violent means in support of their political aims."
"Direct U.S. government engagement with these groups could prove counterproductive to our policy goal of seeking a comprehensive deal with the Iranian regime that addresses its destabilizing behavior," Pompeo wrote.
Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Sunday, January 5, 2020
Trump tweets to congress: this is all the notice you're going to get, and I won't seek and don't need your permision
I will wage war without asking and without even advising in advance, he is saying.
Pompeo and other nutcases are fine with all this egregiously illegal and unconstitutional behavior.
And the congressional Republicans?
Trump warns of 'disproportionate' response if Iran strikes US targets
President Trump warned Sunday of a "disproportionate" military response to Iran if it carries out a retaliatory strike against the U.S.
Trump said "these Media Posts" -- seemingly referring to his tweets -- "will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner.”
“Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!," he added in his tweet.
Steve M. has been warning for months that the Duce will not leave the White House if he loses in 2020 or when his second term (if he wins one) runs out in 2024.
I took that to be entirely Democratic bullshit propaganda.
But maybe not, eh?
Unsurprisingly, justification for such a refusal has already been provided by Pat Buchanan in several of his columns about how democracy - the republican order of our representative government - is harming the US and authoritarianism might be just the thing.
The authoritarian being Trump, or anyone of his ilk.
Pompeo and other nutcases are fine with all this egregiously illegal and unconstitutional behavior.
And the congressional Republicans?
Trump warns of 'disproportionate' response if Iran strikes US targets
President Trump warned Sunday of a "disproportionate" military response to Iran if it carries out a retaliatory strike against the U.S.
Trump said "these Media Posts" -- seemingly referring to his tweets -- "will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner.”
“Such legal notice is not required, but is given nevertheless!," he added in his tweet.
Steve M. has been warning for months that the Duce will not leave the White House if he loses in 2020 or when his second term (if he wins one) runs out in 2024.
I took that to be entirely Democratic bullshit propaganda.
But maybe not, eh?
Unsurprisingly, justification for such a refusal has already been provided by Pat Buchanan in several of his columns about how democracy - the republican order of our representative government - is harming the US and authoritarianism might be just the thing.
The authoritarian being Trump, or anyone of his ilk.
A strategy of crimes against American law, of unconstitutional actions, and of war crimes
Pompeo: U.S. is now targeting Iran’s ‘actual decision-makers’
Totally unauthorized acts of war that would likely be, moreover, war crimes, in defiance of American law and the constitution.
That's his plan, to do all this without worrying about the congress at all.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday the U.S. strategy in countering Iran is to target the country’s “actual decision-makers” rather than to focus on Iranian proxy forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani, who was mastermind of the country’s military operations outside Iran.
. . . .
Pompeo strongly criticized the Iran policy of the Obama administration, saying it fruitlessly focused on Iranian proxies rather than on Iran itself.
He said the U.S. had previously sought to “challenge and attack everybody who was running around with an AK-47 or a piece of indirect artillery. We’ve made a very different approach.
"We’ve told the Iranian regime, ‘Enough. You can’t get away with using proxy forces and think your homeland will be safe and secure.’
"We’re going to respond against the actual decision-makers, the people who are causing this threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Totally unauthorized acts of war that would likely be, moreover, war crimes, in defiance of American law and the constitution.
That's his plan, to do all this without worrying about the congress at all.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday the U.S. strategy in countering Iran is to target the country’s “actual decision-makers” rather than to focus on Iranian proxy forces in Iraq and elsewhere in the Middle East.
Pompeo was explaining U.S. strategy in the aftermath of the U.S. drone strike that killed Iran’s most powerful general, Qassem Soleimani, who was mastermind of the country’s military operations outside Iran.
. . . .
Pompeo strongly criticized the Iran policy of the Obama administration, saying it fruitlessly focused on Iranian proxies rather than on Iran itself.
He said the U.S. had previously sought to “challenge and attack everybody who was running around with an AK-47 or a piece of indirect artillery. We’ve made a very different approach.
"We’ve told the Iranian regime, ‘Enough. You can’t get away with using proxy forces and think your homeland will be safe and secure.’
"We’re going to respond against the actual decision-makers, the people who are causing this threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
Working out fine, all this
If you're a hawk and intended this to push us into war with Iran.
Iran pulling out of nuclear deal following U.S. strike that killed Soleimani
Iran said Sunday that it was ending its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in the wake of the U.S. strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal last May, renewing tensions between the two countries that reached new heights after Friday’s air strike.
Iran’s state television reported Sunday that it will no longer abide by the limits of the deal, which restricted nuclear development in exchange for the easing of crippling economic sanctions.
The agreement placed limits on Tehran’s uranium enrichment, the amount of stockpiled enriched uranium as well as research and development in its nuclear activities.
Elsewhere Pompeo has told newsies his expectations regarding Iranian blowback, "There may be a little noise."
A nuke makes more than a little noise.
Update, Iran says this move is reversible if the US drops its crippling economic sanctions that Trump imposed with zero justification when he withdrew from the Iran nuke deal, also with zero justification, all the urging of people who want a war of regime change.
Iran pulling out of nuclear deal following U.S. strike that killed Soleimani
Iran said Sunday that it was ending its commitment to the 2015 nuclear deal with world powers in the wake of the U.S. strike that killed Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the deal last May, renewing tensions between the two countries that reached new heights after Friday’s air strike.
Iran’s state television reported Sunday that it will no longer abide by the limits of the deal, which restricted nuclear development in exchange for the easing of crippling economic sanctions.
The agreement placed limits on Tehran’s uranium enrichment, the amount of stockpiled enriched uranium as well as research and development in its nuclear activities.
Elsewhere Pompeo has told newsies his expectations regarding Iranian blowback, "There may be a little noise."
A nuke makes more than a little noise.
Update, Iran says this move is reversible if the US drops its crippling economic sanctions that Trump imposed with zero justification when he withdrew from the Iran nuke deal, also with zero justification, all the urging of people who want a war of regime change.
Saturday, January 4, 2020
Allies? Coalition?
Says volumes about the utter lack of consultation, coordination, between the US and any broader coalition of any allies at all.
Pompeo: European response to Suleimani killing 'not helpful enough'
Mike Pompeo has expressed disappointment with European reaction to the US killing of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, suggesting that the UK, France and Germany had not been sufficiently supportive.
The US secretary of state compared the European response unfavourably with US “partners in the region”, a likely reference to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which Pompeo had consulted after the Suleimani assassination.
“I spent the last day-and-a-half, two days, talking to partners in the region, sharing with them what we were doing, why we were doing it, seeking their assistance. They’ve all been fantastic,” Pompeo told Fox TV. “And then talking to our partners in other places that haven’t been quite as good.
“Frankly, the Europeans haven’t been as helpful as I wish that they could be.
"The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans did, saved lives in Europe as well.
"Qassem Suleimani led and his IRGC [Revolutionary Guard] led assassination campaigns in Europe.
"This was a good thing for the entire world, and we are urging everyone in the world to get behind what the United States is trying to do to get the Islamic Republic of Iran to simply behave like a normal nation.”
European reaction to the drone strike killing of Suleimani and Iraqi Shia militants travelling with him in Baghdad, has been cautious and apprehensive.
While noting Suleimani’s destructive role in the region, European governments have called for restraint.
Policy towards Iran has been a deeply divisive issue between the US and Europe since Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 multilateral agreement with Iran that imposed strict limits on its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
European officials have blamed Trump’s efforts to strangle Iran economically for the rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
Pompeo: European response to Suleimani killing 'not helpful enough'
Mike Pompeo has expressed disappointment with European reaction to the US killing of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani, suggesting that the UK, France and Germany had not been sufficiently supportive.
The US secretary of state compared the European response unfavourably with US “partners in the region”, a likely reference to Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, which Pompeo had consulted after the Suleimani assassination.
“I spent the last day-and-a-half, two days, talking to partners in the region, sharing with them what we were doing, why we were doing it, seeking their assistance. They’ve all been fantastic,” Pompeo told Fox TV. “And then talking to our partners in other places that haven’t been quite as good.
“Frankly, the Europeans haven’t been as helpful as I wish that they could be.
"The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans did, saved lives in Europe as well.
"Qassem Suleimani led and his IRGC [Revolutionary Guard] led assassination campaigns in Europe.
"This was a good thing for the entire world, and we are urging everyone in the world to get behind what the United States is trying to do to get the Islamic Republic of Iran to simply behave like a normal nation.”
European reaction to the drone strike killing of Suleimani and Iraqi Shia militants travelling with him in Baghdad, has been cautious and apprehensive.
While noting Suleimani’s destructive role in the region, European governments have called for restraint.
Policy towards Iran has been a deeply divisive issue between the US and Europe since Donald Trump withdrew from the 2015 multilateral agreement with Iran that imposed strict limits on its nuclear programme in return for sanctions relief.
European officials have blamed Trump’s efforts to strangle Iran economically for the rising tensions in the Persian Gulf.
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