“Where we see American interests at stake or fundamental norms around the world that need to be enforced, we’ll use all the powers that we have.” Sec. of State Pompeo sat down with WilfredFrost earlier today to discuss the Turkish incursion into Syria.
Pompeo declined to lay out a red line for what action would prompt a U.S. military response, saying he did not want to "get out in front of the president's decision about whether to take the awesome undertaking of using America's military might."
The cease-fire agreement was immediately criticized even by the president's Republican allies in Congress, who said it gave Turkey everything it wanted while abandoning U.S. allies. In the interview, Pompeo defended the agreement, saying he was "fully convinced that that work saved lives." "Our allies see it the same way. We got real commitments to protect ethnic minorities throughout the region from the Turks in the course of negotiating that statement. I think the work that we did saved lives," Pompeo said.The former Kansas congressman was sharply critical when President Barack Obama appeared to violate his 2012 "red line" in Syria by not authorizing a threatened military strike against the country despite evidence that its forces had used chemical weapons.
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