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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPompeo Questions the Value of International Groups Like U.N. and E.U. in Brussels speech.
The answer, he said, is to jettison some treaties and institutions while bolstering others. Among the institutions that Mr. Pompeo criticized were the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization of American States and the African Union, but he embraced NATO which President Trump has harshly criticized as an indispensable institution.
The speech, delivered in a palatial concert hall in Brussels, was intended to explain Mr. Trumps worldview to a deeply skeptical audience, including many Europeans who see Mr. Trump as undermining international agreements that have kept the peace in Europe and enhanced prosperity.
Even our European friends sometimes say were not acting in the free worlds interest. This is just plain wrong, Mr. Pompeo said, adding that under President Trump, we are not abandoning international leadership or our friends in the international system. Indeed, quite the contrary.
https://www.shoestle.com/2018/12/04/pompeo-questions-the-value-of-international-groups-like-u-n-and-e-u/
UniteFightBack
(8,231 posts)rump's ass juice on your lips?
spanone
(135,897 posts)zaj
(3,433 posts)... this shows how corrosive Trump is. Hes so crazy that he ruins the sane people around him trying to stay close to protect us from him.
Gotta kick them all out.
msongs
(67,459 posts)dalton99a
(81,635 posts)Don't forget this Koch stooge called Obama an evil Muslim communist when he was running for office
spanone
(135,897 posts)Fuzzpope
(602 posts)This shit is a stream of pure, unadulterated KGB invective. Assholes like Pompeo are a force multiplier for the Trump/Putin cabal, and must be rooted out like the cancer that they are. There should be no deviation from the realization and expectations that every actionable this man executes advances the position of Russia and as such, this man represents and himself is, an enemy of the state.
It's going to get hot and ugly very fast once they believe that their hold on power is no longer secure. desperate, volatile actions will follow.
The closer we come to slaying this beast, the more feral and toxic it will become. I don't envy the democratic house majority, it's now this country's first and last line of defense and has a dire task before it.
moondust
(20,014 posts)Last edited Wed Dec 5, 2018, 07:33 AM - Edit history (1)
holding a government job that requires some understanding of world history, current affairs, and diplomacy.
No doubt Attila the Hun would likewise "question the value of" these legal frameworks that make it harder for him to divide, conquer, and rape with impunity.