EGYPT
While in Cairo Secretary of State Michael Pompeo gave a very strong and well-received speech on American’s role in the region. In it he described how American is a force for good in the Middle East. He pointed out that America had been missing for too long in this part of the world and that Washington had misread politics there for an extended period of time. Pompeo lay blame on the previous American administration saying it claimed “radical Islamic terrorism does not stem from an ideology.” He added that we grossly underestimated the viciousness and tenacity of the radical Islamists. Pompeo correctly stated that the radicals practiced a “debauched strain of the faith” and admitted that America sat back while tens of thousands were raped and killed. He pointed out that American reluctance to wield our influence emboldened the terrorists.
In a reference to the Turkish-Syrian-Iranian conflict, the Secretary stated that “When Bashar Assad unleashed terror upon ordinary Syrians and barrel-bombed civilians with sarin gas, a true echo of Saddam Hussein’s gassing of the Kurdish people, we condemned his actions. But in our hesitation to wield power, we did nothing.
“Our eagerness to address only Muslims and 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. And our desire for peace at any cost led us to strike a deal with Iran, our common enemy.
“…what did we learn from all of this? We learned that when America retreats, chaos often follows. When we neglect our friends, resentment builds. And when we partner with enemies, they advance.”
The Secretary announced that the period of America leading from behind, in essence the American retreat from the world, is over. “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.
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IRAN
In an interview while traveling in Jordon, Secretary Pompeo talked about the situation in Iran, He said: “ The counter-Iran revolution is – our coalition is as effective today as it was yesterday, and I’m very hopeful it will continue to be effective and even more effective tomorrow. This is not just about a particular tactic that we take amongst the coalition. This is about a combined understanding that the most significant threat to the region is Daesh and the Islamist revolution, and their revolutionary efforts in the region… there is enormous agreement on the risk that that poses to Jordan and to other countries in the neighborhood, and that battle continues.”
According to the Secretary the President’s decision to withdraw folks from Syria in no way impacts America’s capacity to deliver on that. He added that the world will see in the coming days and weeks, that the US is “doubling not only our diplomatic but our commercial efforts to put real pressure on Iran to achieve what it is we set out for them back in May. And these are simple asks we ask of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to behave like a normal nation, and the coalition is just as committed to it today as it was yesterday.”
DARIA NOVAK served in the United States State Department during the Reagan Administration, and currently is on the Board of the American Analysis of News and Media Inc., which publishes usagovpolicy.com and the New York Analysis of Policy and Government. Each Saturday, she presents key updates on U.S. foreign policy from the State Department.
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