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Mike Pompeo: “They are indeed failing to meet the moment. Their people…”

Featuring: Mike Pompeo, Republican | Former Secretary of State, Former Director of the CIA | National

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Iran has a 'very difficult' decision to make: Mike Pompeo

Published | Video Starts at 06:04

Thanks for the question. Yeah, I think you summarized it pretty nicely. Two things. One, They are indeed failing to meet the moment. Their people, their citizens are just as much at risk from the Iranian regime as any American or any Israeli, and they've just decided to sit this one out. And worse than that, in some cases, they've not even provided minimal support to the United States so that we can do, as the German chancellor said, we can do their dirty work for them. (06:04–06:15)

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Asserts that European countries are failing to respond to the threat posed by Iran.

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