mo4ch:>Pompeo shames Senate by invoking Iranian bogeyman after Yemen war powers vote | Mo4ch News
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has condemned the Senate for passing a resolution to end US involvement in the war in Yemen, suggesting US military aid to the Saudis is the only thing standing in the way of a new Persian Empire."The senators who voted 'aye' say they want to end the bombing in Yemen and support human rights," Pompeo said. "But we really need to think about whose human rights." This rare candid moment from the top American diplomat was followed up with an appeal to his favorite bogeyman as he spoke to reporters on Friday. "If you truly care about Yemeni lives, you'd support the Saudi-led effort to prevent Yemen from turning into a puppet state of the corrupt, brutish Islamic Republic of Iran," he said, stressing that care for Yemeni lives must be balanced with care for Saudi lives, menaced by missiles launched at Riyadh by the Houthis, as well as the specter of Iranian regional dominance."The way to alleviate the Yemeni peop…