Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the United States’s European allies “haven’t been as helpful as I wish that they could be” following the U.S. strike in Iraq on Thursday that killed Iran’s top military commander, Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
“Frankly, the Europeans haven’t been as helpful as I wish that they could be,” Pompeo told Fox News’s Sean Hannity during an interview Friday night.
“The Brits, the French, the Germans all need to understand that what we did, what the Americans did, saved lives in Europe as well,” he added.
The top U.S. diplomat reiterated in the interview his assertion from earlier Friday that Soleimani, a powerful Iranian military figure and leader of the country’s elite Quds Force, was planning an “imminent” attack before he was killed.
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JUST IN: Pompeo after Soleimani strike: "The Europeans haven't been as helpful as I wish that they could be" https://t.co/O4dO59TW4W pic.twitter.com/UHBFS8LPy3
— The Hill (@thehill) January 4, 2020
Well, that's just shocking, considering how much time you mooks put in conducting careful diplomacy to make sure all our alliances were strong and coordinated before you went off to kill a top Iranian bad guy. https://t.co/cdYusGet7H
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 4, 2020
Always read @rcallimachi at times like this. Thread: https://t.co/ryhR2vAcmj
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) January 4, 2020
…….17. Before I go back to the pool let me just say the obvious: No one’s trying to downplay Suleimani’s crimes. The question is why now? His whereabouts have been known before. His resume of killing-by-proxy is not a secret. Hard to decouple his killing from the impeachment saga.
— Rukmini Callimachi (@rcallimachi) January 4, 2020
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