Pompeo Says He Personally Threatened Mullah Baradar, U.S. Knows 'Exactly Where' You Live

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday that he—and not President Joe Biden—had the strength to personally threaten Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar with U.S. aggression, prompting critics to note the Trump administration was responsible for the newly ascended Afghan leader's release from prison.

Pompeo met with Baradar and other Taliban leaders in Doha, Qatar, in February 2020 to spearhead the Trump administration's peace agreement talks. But despite having led the Afghanistan withdrawal discussions with Baradar last year, the former U.S. secretary of state accused Biden of "leading with weakness" as the U.S. military pulls out of the 20-year war in Afghanistan. Pompeo spoke with oil and gas executives Monday in Wichita, Kansas, claiming the Taliban appears to have "chased us out of town" as Biden finishes the final troop withdrawal started during the previous Trump administration.

"[Biden] lacks the American resolve to use our power," Pompeo told attendees of the Kansas Independent Oil & Gas Association convention Monday, touting he and other Trump administration members for having projected strength, rather than weakness in Afghanistan.

Pompeo then recalled telling Baradar "we knew exactly where his house was" in threatening personal remarks to the Taliban leader during February 2020 peace talks. Pompeo went on to characterize current Secretary of State Antony Blinken and the Biden administration as appearing weak by comparison in their approach to Afghanistan.

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I'm sure you had him shaking in his boots. Too bad that gut makes it hard for you to puff your chest out Pompeo.

[CanonRay]

1. What a blowhard

Baradar knows where Pompeo lives as well.

[sprinkleeninow]

2. Ooh, scary. We know where you live. eom

[Corgigal]

3. Embarrassing

Adults aren’t suppose to ask so foolish, nor brag about that behavior.

[SWBTATTReg]

4. What crude behavior. Figures knowing that rump picked Pompous A** to work in his admin.

I wonder just how many in the world lost respect for American values, American ideas after dealing w/ trump and his crappy admin.

[VarryOn]

5. While I doubt this all went down like Pompeo describes, I would have no problem...

Whatsoever, if he did. That's how these guys have to be dealt with..at a minimum. These Taliban men are psychopaths. Their appearances the last couple of days of having moderated and being reasonable are for the cameras before they are sent packing or worse.

It's going to be hard, but things there are going to get very bad for a lot of people. Hopefully, the good people can get out first.

[tanyev]

6. Ooh, did he take a giant pull on that $5800 bottle of whiskey first?

Liquid courage, you inow.

[Thomas Hurt]

7. You made an agreement to pull all our "power" out you two faced git.

[dalton99a]

8. Fucker schemed to release Taliban prisoners and withdraw U.S. troops so Baradar could be president

[Hugh_Lebowski]

9. So, Mullah Omar's right hand man, that the Trump admin had, shortly before, asked Pakistan

to release from prison, where he'd been held for like a decade?

You guys let this animal OUT of jail, so you could THEN ... conduct peace talks ... but then also talk some random shit at him that you're now telling us about?

UNDOING ... the imprisonment that happened on ... wait for it ... OBAMA's watch?

You are a posing fucking putz Pompeo.

And also, fuck you.

[Bev54]

10. OMG what an ass, does he really think we believe his big man talk?

The guy could stomp his foot and Pompous would be running like hell.

[underpants]

11. Odd, Trump couldn't pull the trigger

He pump faked a couple of times. Yes they killed the Iranian General Soleimani but other than that he couldn’t give the order. Was it just isolationism? No he just couldn’t make that decision.