Pompeo disgraces America; menaces the world

The US has had some illustrious Secretaries of State among the the 69 persons who served as America's top diplomat prior to current Secretary Mike Pompeo. Thomas Jefferson, John Marshall, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams early on; more recently Cordell Hull during World War II, George Marshall following WWII and John Kerry during the Obama administration. Mike Pompeo will never join that pantheon of greats. He plays the fool to utterly clueless President Trump on foreign policy. Pompeo got his job because he's a shameless sycophant; chosen to replace sensible adult Rex Tillerson, fired for pushing back against Trump's rush to blow up the 5 + 1 Iran Nuclear Agreement. That puts possible war with Iran back on the front burner. Pompeo shares Trump's vision of endangering world peace, whether threatening war with Iran, provoking North Korea to demand his ouster from nuclear talks due to his all or nothing approach to diplomacy, egging Trump on to end detente with Cuba, and overtly threatening military action to oust the hated socialist regime of Nicholas Maduro in Venezuela.

Pompeo's loyalty earned his selection to sustain Trump's veto of Congress' joint resolution to end America's involvement in Saudi Arabia's Yemen war which has killed over 70,000 and caused starvation and disease to millions. Up to the challenge, Pompeo offered the ludicrous argument we must defend our great ally Saudi Arabia from retaliatory attacks due to their waging war on hapless neighbor Yemen. Pompeo tops that outrageous defense by claiming our support of Saudi Arabia is needed because the war is Iran's fault and ending our support would make Iran happy. These ugly, preposterous claims insult the 301 Congresspersons who voted to end the Yemen war and the millions of us citizens seeking to end US perpetual wars around the world.

That would be an appropriate new job title for Mike Pompeo...Secretary of Perpetual War.