U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in Cairo, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019. He told you 9/11 led my country to abandon its ideals, particularly in the Middle East. “President Trump has reversed our willful blindness to the danger of the regime and withdrew from the failed nuclear deal, with its false promises,” Pompeo said. “The nations of the Middle East will never enjoy security, achieve economic stability, or advance the dreams of its peoples if Iran’s revolutionary regime persists on its current course,” Pompeo said. In a rebuttal to the speech, a group of mainly former Obama administration foreign policy officials rejected Pompeo’s assertions as petty and weak.

Source: Washington Post January 10, 2019 08:29 UTC