"I was the CIA director. We lied. We cheated. We Stole.”—Mike Pompeo... US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on June 13, 2019, blamed Iran for attacks on ships in the Gulf of Oman. Iran had no motive for the recent attack on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Oman, but the US has motives to falsely blame Iran for it. It appears that Mike Pompeo has a hard time kicking his old habits. He appears to be as smug about lying as a CIA operative as he is as Secretary of State. Categorically blaming the Iranians for the recent oil attack tankers has left allies scratching their heads; and perhaps leaving foes thinking: “Thank God my enemy is so stupid”! On June 13, 2019, as Ayatollah Khamenei was holding talks in Tehran with Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, two oil tankers carrying oil to Japan were attacked. As investigations into the incident were just beginning, Pompeo had already concluded his assessment and had it ready for the press. Much to the audible surprise of the world, and without any proof or supporting documents, he laid the blame firmly at Iran’s feet citing “intelligence”..."
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Businesspeople from the United StatesMembers of the United States House of RepresentativesUnited States Secretaries of StateRepublican Party (United States) politiciansDirectors of the Central Intelligence Agency
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Pompeo’s Tanker Narrative, Foreign Policy Journal, Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich, (17 June 2019)
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