Pompeo Slams Obama’s Middle East Policies in Cairo Speech

RUSH TRANSCRIPT POMPEO These ░░░░░░░░ witnessed convulsions to to ░░░░░░░░ old systems crumbled and ░░░░░░░░ ones struggled to emerge ░░░░░░░░ s happened here too ░░░░░░░░ at this critical moment ░░░░░░░░ your long time friend ░░░░░░░░ absent too much Why ░░░░░░░░ our leaders gravely misread ░░░░░░░░ history and your historical ░░░░░░░░ These fundamental misunderstandings set ░░░░░░░░ in this city in ░░░░░░░░ adversely affected the lives ░░░░░░░░ hundreds of millions of ░░░░░░░░ in Egypt and all ░░░░░░░░ the region Remember it ░░░░░░░░ here here in this ░░░░░░░░ that another American stood ░░░░░░░░ you He told you ░░░░░░░░ radical Islamist terrorism does ░░░░░░░░ stem from an ideology ░░░░░░░░ told you that 9 ░░░░░░░░ led my country to ░░░░░░░░ its ideals particularly in ░░░░░░░░ Middle East He told ░░░░░░░░ that the United States ░░░░░░░░ the Muslim world need ░░░░░░░░ quote a new beginning ░░░░░░░░ of quote The results ░░░░░░░░ these misjudgments have been ░░░░░░░░ In falsely seeing ourselves ░░░░░░░░ a force for what ░░░░░░░░ the Middle East we ░░░░░░░░ timid in asserting ourselves ░░░░░░░░ the times and our ░░░░░░░░ demanded it We grossly ░░░░░░░░ estimated the tenacity and ░░░░░░░░ of radical Islamism a ░░░░░░░░ strain of the faith ░░░░░░░░ seeks upend every every ░░░░░░░░ of governance ISIS drove ░░░░░░░░ the outskirts of Baghdad ░░░░░░░░ America hesitated They raped ░░░░░░░░ pillaged and murdered tens ░░░░░░░░ thousands of innocence They ░░░░░░░░ the caliphate across Syria ░░░░░░░░ Iraq and launched across ░░░░░░░░ America s reluctance our ░░░░░░░░ to we would our ░░░░░░░░ kept us silent as ░░░░░░░░ people of Iran rose ░░░░░░░░ against the mullahs in ░░░░░░░░ in the green revolution ░░░░░░░░ and henchmen murdered and ░░░░░░░░ freedom loving Iranians and ░░░░░░░░ blamed America for this ░░░░░░░░ when it was their ░░░░░░░░ tyranny that had fueled ░░░░░░░░ Emboldened the are a ░░░░░░░░ spread cancer s influence ░░░░░░░░ Yemen to Iraq to ░░░░░░░░ and still further into ░░░░░░░░ Our penchant America s ░░░░░░░░ for wishful thinking allowed ░░░░░░░░ us look the other ░░░░░░░░ as Hezbollah a holly ░░░░░░░░ subsidiary of the regime ░░░░░░░░ of 130 000 rockets ░░░░░░░░ missiles They stored and ░░░░░░░░ these weapons in help ░░░░░░░░ towns and villages in ░░░░░░░░ violation of international law ░░░░░░░░ arsenal is aimed squarely ░░░░░░░░ our ally Israel When ░░░░░░░░ share Assad unleashed terror ░░░░░░░░ ordinary civilians and bombed ░░░░░░░░ sarin gas.”