Facts and self awareness have never been things that concerned Mike Pompeo

[Nevilledog]

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There’s literally never been a time in my life when Americans were less safe than right now. But facts and self awareness have never been things that concerned Mike Pompeo

Secretary Pompeo
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We’re so much safer today than four years ago. Over the coming days, I’m going to lay out the mission set, the huge wins, personal stories, and a lot more. Just me, Mike.
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[lapucelle]

1. I hope Mr. Benghazi talks about what happened on American soil during his watch.

Shooting at Pensacola Navy base was 'act of terrorism,' attorney general says

A shooting by a Saudi pilot on a Navy base in Pensacola, Florida, in December was an act of terrorism motivated by "jihadist ideology," Attorney General William Barr said Monday.

The Justice Department's findings were announced about a month after the Saudi pilot, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Alshamrani,fired on service members at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

The 21-year-old shooter, who was part of a U.S. training program for the Saudi military, was killed in the rampage Dec. 6 that also killed three American service members and injured eight others.

Investigators found that on Sept. 11 last year, the shooter posted on social media that "the countdown has begun." He visited the 9/11 Memorial in New York City over Thanksgiving weekend, and he posted "anti-American, anti-Israeli and jihadi messages" on social media two hours before the attack, Barr said.

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Alshamrani began his three-year course in August 2017 with English, basic aviation and initial pilot training.

He was one of 5,180 foreign students, including 852 Saudi nationals, from 153 countries in the USA for military training. Many operate U.S. military hardware that foreign governments buy from the United States. Saudi Arabia is the world’s largest customer for arms, and many of those are American-made.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/13/naval-air-station-pensacola-shooting-act-terrorism-attorney-general-says/4454574002/

https://www.state.gov/u-s-security-cooperation-with-saudi-arabia/

[DURHAM D]

2. He is a perfect example of the failures of our service academies. nt

[tikka]

3. He is one dangerous MF.

His authoritarian bent is just as bad as trump's. He is not as screwed up as trump, and therefore more dangerous.

[2naSalit]

4. I was hoping he was home dying from Covid19.