Pompeo: Biden Should Make Sure that Our Sailors Have the Ability to Defend Themselves

EXCERPT:

POMPEO: "Sean, I’ll tell you what President Trump and our team did. We had the same issue. They were driving IRGC, the expeditionary forces, the Iranians, they were driving IRGC Coast Guard cutters close to our ships. President Trump made clear to our naval officers and our sailors, 'You have every right to respond, you have every right to blow them out of the water.' And when we did that and we communicated that to the Iranians, that activity seized. We need to make sure that our sailors have the ability to defend themselves. You know, Sean, people may have forgotten, but when Secretary Kerry was in office last time, when he was the secretary of state, the Iranians not only put cutters around our ships, but they seized our sailors. You remember those pictures, Sean, they were sitting on the pier, they were kneeling down, they were being held by the Iranians and only an apology from Secretary Kerry was able to get them back. That wouldn’t have happened on our watch, it didn’t happen on our watch."