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January 13, 2020 / 6:21 PM / 3 days ago
Pompeo says Soleimani killing part of new strategy to deter U.S. foes
Humeyra Pamuk, Jonathan Landay
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said Qassem Soleimani was killed as part of a broader strategy of deterring challenges by U.S. foes that also applies to China and Russia, further diluting the assertion that the top Iranian general was struck because he was plotting imminent attacks on U.S. targets.
In his speech at Stanford Universitys Hoover Institute, Pompeo made no mention of the threat of imminent attacks planned by Soleimani. It only was in response to a question that he repeated his earlier assertion that pre-empting such plots was the reason for the Jan. 3 American drone strike on Irans second most powerful official.
His speech, The Restoration of Deterrence: The Iranian Example, focused on what he called an administration strategy to establish real deterrence against Iran following earlier Republican and Democratic policies that encouraged Tehrans malign activity.
Democratic and some Republican lawmakers have challenged the administration over the self-defense rationale supported by undisclosed intelligence over imminent attacks. U.S. President Donald Trump has said the potential targets included four U.S. embassies.
On Sunday, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said he had seen no intelligence forewarning of imminent attacks on embassies.
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iraq-security-pompeo-soleimani/pompeo-says-soleimani-killing-part-of-new-strategy-to-deter-u-s-foes-idUSKBN1ZC2I3?fbclid=IwAR1XusaVkbsiKnLNCu-leRp43AlqY90EHzZGpccsIZoSpvOdH5QN9xmEiKg
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)...protecting themselves as well.
Pompeo really means by U.S. - US as in themselves
Moostache
(9,895 posts)If the Trump criminal cabal begins to die off in targeted killings, if Iran were to bump of Jared and the Ice Princess in retaliation, Trump would "go to the mattresses" instantly and begin launching nukes...THAT is our global reality and the implied threat being floated by Pompeo.
This criminal administration conducted an illegal assassination and war crimes DAILY...they are now using the implied threat of an unstable Trump "hitting back harder" vis a vis the USA's nuclear weapons. If Trump is losing in October, I am fearful of just what he would do and NOTHING is beyond the pale with that piece of shit.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)Exactly....
So how does one clean up their "neighborhood" from the Mob?
RICO
Zolorp
(1,115 posts)We live in crazyland.
Takket
(21,577 posts)These fuckers wont tell the truth even if it is okay to do so. When this happened if they just said yeah he rallied this violence against the embassy and givin his long history this was the final straw, Which is basically what happened, most people would have been FINE with it. But no, they have to just make shit up.
bronxiteforever
(9,287 posts)with Pompeos strategy?
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)It is open season on American Officials around the world. Damn, is Pompeo dumb.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)Am sure the Nobel Committee is getting his award engraved as we speak.
NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)what will it be tomorrow and this weekend?
Submariner
(12,504 posts)I guess I need to start watching OAN or fox news to keep up with the revisions.
Is the "new strategy to deter U.S. foes" rev.3 or rev.4 to this fairy tale?
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)another lie.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)Laws against assassination... not so much so. Apparently.