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In Cairo, Pompeo blames Obama’s Middle East policy for emboldening Iran
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIn a speech criticizing the Obama administration’s policy in the Middle East, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo calls on US allies in the region to form a united front against Iran.
Speaking in Cairo, Pompeo criticizes former US president Barack Obama’s 2009 speech in the Egyptian capital and defends America’s role in the region as a “force for good.”
“The results of these misjudgments have been dire… we grossly underestimated the tenacity and viciousness of radical Islamism, a debauched strain of the faith that seeks to upend every other form of worship or governance,” Pompeo says.
“ISIS drove to the outskirts of Baghdad as America hesitated,” he continues, using an acronym for the Islamic State jihadist group.
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