Cairo, Egypt: WATCH: Pompeo, at site of Obama’s first apology address to Muslim world, rebukes his legacy, ‘Age of self-inflicted American shame is over”

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Cairo, Egypt: WATCH Pompeo, at site of Obama’s first address to Muslim world, rebukes his legacy: ‘Age of self-inflicted American shame is over’

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks in Cairo outlining Middle East policy for the Trump administration

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Pompeo says that the age of self-inflicted American shame is over.’

By Adam Shaw, FOX news, January 10, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday launched an astonishing rebuke of former President Barack Obama’s foreign policy at the site of Obama’s famous speech to the Muslim world — declaring that “the age of self-inflicted American shame is over.”

Pompeo delivered his remarks in Cairo, where Obama famously spoke in 2009 and promised a new beginning with Muslim and Arab countries. He was criticized by conservatives for placing too much blame on the U.S. for strife in the region.

Pompeo, while not mentioning Obama by name, said that “it was here, in this city, another American stood before you” and “told you that radical Islamist terrorism does not stem from ideology.”

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“He told you that 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East,” he said at the American University in Cairo. “He told you that the United States and the Muslim world needed ‘a new beginning.’ The results of these misjudgments have been dire.”

Pompeo said that under Obama, the U.S. abandoned its allies and was “timid” about asserting itself, that the U.S. “grossly underestimated the tenacity and viciousness of radical Islamism,” and kept silent as Iranians tried to rise up against the regime in Tehran.

He also criticized Obama-era policy for “wishful thinking [that] led us to look the other way” as Hezbollah built up its weaponry in Lebanon, and for doing nothing as Syrian President Bashar Assad gassed his own people.

He then took another swipe at the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — from which the U.S. withdrew last year. The U.S. has since re-imposed economic sanctions on the country, including on oil exports.

“Our eagerness to address only Muslims, not nations, ignored the rich diversity of the Middle East, and frayed old bonds. It undermined the concept of the nation-state, the building block of international stability,” he said. “And our desire for peace at any cost led us to strike a deal with Iran, our common enemy.”

But he promised his audience that the Trump administration was ushering in a new era of U.S. foreign policy.

“The good news is this: The age of self-inflicted American shame is over, and so are the policies that produced so much needless suffering. Now comes the real ‘new beginning,’” he said.

His speech emphasized America as a force for good in the region. He cited accomplishments under Trump’s leadership — including the pushback of Islamic State, the withdrawal of more troops and personnel from Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and building a coalition to push back against Iranian influence.

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“We have rediscovered our voice. We have rebuilt our relationships. We have rejected false overtures from enemies. And look at what we have accomplished together,” he said.

Pompeo’s speech comes as part of a tour of the region, including Jordan and other Gulf nations, as he seeks to coordinate an anti-Iran strategy. It comes after a sudden decision from President Trump last month to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, leading to concern from some allies in the region about U.S. commitments.

On Thursday, Pompeo appeared to attempt to assuage those fears by pledging U.S. commitment.

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“Our aim is to partner with our friends and vigorously oppose our enemies, because a strong, secure, and economically viable Middle East is in our national interest – and yours,” he said. “Let me be clear: America will not retreat until the terror fight is over.”

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Davey Dunn
Davey Dunn
5 years ago

Keep guns close

Rocinante44
Rocinante44
5 years ago

i believe trump just sent his man to egypt to tell the muslims to ignore whatever the boy said in 2009. bully!

Jay Wizzy
Jay Wizzy
5 years ago

The Whitewash-house at it again.
I wonder is this conscious brainwash by Pompeo or coincidence?
Is Pompeo implying that the self-inflicted American shame for censoring in the service of the unjust Muhammadism is over? That the USA will now proudly censor for the unjust Muhammad-law & war worldwide without shame?
He & Trump should be ashamed.
Trump said of Pamela Geller: “Why is she insulting everybody?”
Hamas-Cair censors Facebook & social media working in the USA-government. Saudi Arabia is censoring Twitter worldwide of which it bought stakes. Trump is selling Saudi Arabia weapons, but everybody must see Saudi Arabia as ally now because of Muhammadist tyranny Iran?
In Saudi Arabia Africans are enslaved*, atheist killed & girls clitodirecomized & raped.
Bashar Assad gassed his own people, Trump is silencing them partnering with Muhammadists.
*Africans are enslaved in Saudi Arabia, UAE, Oman, Yemen, Kuwait, Lebanon, Bahrain, North-Sudan, Libya, Algeria, Mauritania, Niger, Mali, Somalia, Nigeria in emulation of unjust Muhammad who started the global African slave-trade by saying his unproven deity had turned Africans black so Africans’ descendants would be slaves to Arabs & Turks.

Larenzo1
Larenzo1
5 years ago
Reply to  Jay Wizzy

Believe it or not you have in Saudi elements that are working to loosen the very things you are pointing out. Trump and his people are trying to encourage this element.

tonvar
tonvar
5 years ago

Almost all politicians went into Stockholm Syndrome immediately after 9/11, repeatedly claiming that it was the work of a couple of bad Muslims and not because of a deeper malaise in the Muslim world viz., the rage against the West for having left it far behind in thought and deed. The young Saudi girl who has sought asylum in Thailand has displayed more courage by flipping her finger at the Muslim thought process than Western politicians ever have.

Alleged-Comment
Alleged-Comment
5 years ago

LOL! Hammer the sodomite please. Shamefool Negro. Thought America was waycist but he should have looked in the mirror first.

katmanwon
katmanwon
5 years ago

MUSLIMS BE GONE

Larenzo1
Larenzo1
5 years ago

I do not think we want to retreat. That is what Obama would do. I think Trump is headed though not perfect in the right direction.

CreoleGumbo
CreoleGumbo
5 years ago

Am I the only one getting this message when I attempt to see the video?

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movingwaters
movingwaters
5 years ago

I could not get the video to play. It said I did not have permission to access Fox News. I do get tired of this lie “and for doing nothing as Syrian President Bashar Assad gassed his own people.” Assad did not gas his own people. The first alleged attack by Assad was later found to have been done by the moderate anti-Assad terrorists funded, trained, and armed by the Deep State factions in the US and its allies under the domination of Obama and Hillary. The second alleged attack was later shown to apparently not have occurred at all. It was all just an excuse for the endless wars needed by the banking cartels and those who love to make and sell munitions so they can make their fortunes off of stoking conflicts, staging false flag events, and getting people to murder and destroy one another. They create conflicts followed by creating the propaganda to make citizens willing to be taxed to finance their wars. Then they get the citizens to allow themselves to be maimed and killed in their wars. Meanwhile, the devils at the top and the politicians who invest in such winners as Lockheed Martin walk away with fortunes.

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