Pompeo: Up to ‘United Kingdom to take care of their ships’

[Swordsmyth]

The responsibility to free the British-flagged oil tanker seized last week by Iran “falls to the United Kingdom,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told "Fox & Friends" Monday, while warning the “whole world is waking up to the fact that this [Iranian] threat is real.”
The comments from Pompeo come as British Prime Minister Theresa May issued a fresh call for Iran to release the Stena Impero ship and its 23-person crew. The vessel, which was captured Friday in the Strait of Hormuz, currently is anchored outside the Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas.
“The responsibility…falls to the United Kingdom to take care of their ships,” Pompeo said when asked what role the U.S should play in the matter. “

More at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pompeo...aptured-tanker

[Stratovarious]

Good Call , good on Pompeo.

[Anti Globalist]

This is one of those instances where Pompeo says the right thing but in his head he really wants to continue to police the UK.

[enhanced_deficit]

Pompeo: Up to ‘United Kingdom to take care of their ships’


More at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/pompeo...aptured-tanker

Two questions if any Pompeo supporters here:

1. Would he have said same if it was Israeli ship that Iran had siezed?

(Israel sent no troops to stand with US in Iraq, Afghanistan in America's hour of need; UK did)


2. If in 2003 UK had said this, what would have been Pompeo's reaction then?


Year 2003:
United Kingdom: Up to 'United States to take care of their freedoms and invasion of Iraq'






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[Libertea Party]

Sadly according to one observer Pompeo is one of the lesser hawks in Trump's cabinet... which isn't saying much.