Pompeo calls Iranian regime 'an accomplice' amid deepening coronavirus outbreak

[sabra]

Source: CNBC

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the nation’s top diplomat, called out the Iranian regime on Tuesday for a lack of transparency amid the deadly coronavirus outbreak.

“Instead of focusing on the needs of the Iranian people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks,” Pompeo said during a press briefing at the Department of State.

“The Iranian leadership is trying to avoid responsibility for their grossly incompetent and deadly governments. The Wuhan virus is a killer and the Iranian regime is an accomplice,” he added.

The virus — which has already killed more than 7,167 people and infected more than 183,000 people around the world — is spreading as the Iranian regime deals with intensifying U.S. sanctions.

Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/coronavirus-pompeo-calls-iranian-regime-an-accomplice-amid-crisis.html

[bluestarone]

1. Another fucking lie i'm sure.

[RVN VET71]

21. It's GOP boiler plate

to blame others for the very crimes you are and have committed. Even when it resides in a glass house, the GOP insists on throwing stones.

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Oh, and you're one to complain about what the iranians did, vs. our own so called president...

calling the CV a hoax?

[Laelth]

10. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[Raastan]

31. + 1

[dalton99a]

3. Wuhan virus... Wuhan virus...

He meant Kung-Flu

[Strelnikov_]

8. Capt. Trumps - CV19 combined with a massive dose of incompetence n/t

[pampango]

18. "Wuhan virus", "China virus". Things foreign are BAD. America First!

If only the nativists could find a “Mexican virus” or a “Muslim virus”. Just imagine the Wall funding and immigration restrictions they could dream of.

[MosheFeingold]

24. Like Ebola?

Named after a river in Africa from whence it came?

Or Lyme disease after Lyme, CT?

Don’t fall for Chinese propaganda efforts. They are responsible for this by lying, hiding information, and permitting “wet” markets and farming practices that are environmental crimes and unbelievably cruel to animals all by themselves.

While Trump, et al, are xenophobic, don’t take the side of the tyrannical Chinese government against them.

China’s leaders would laugh if you die.

[pampango]

25. No one in the world calls it the 'China virus' but Trump and his xenophobic supporters.

And most of us know why he does it while the rest of the rest of the world does not. And it has nothing to do with the 'tyrannical Chinese government'. It has to do with the xenophobic brain of our right wing president.

[yonder]

4. Throw stones in glass houses much, Mike?

....Mike?

Mike?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. "[S]enior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks," Pompeo said.

So unlike ours.

Also, as dalton99a has already noted....

[lagomorph777]

6. Pot, meet Kettle.

[jayfish]

7. Wait, He's Still In The Government?

I haven't head that tongue-flicker slithering about for weeks.

[Bev54]

9. Everyone of these assholes in this administration

need to STFU about any other country. The US has been the worse and I say that because even when the rest of the world, including China and Iran started to take this seriously and up until 5 days ago, the administration was not and is still lying about it. I want to scream at them all, including Moscow Mitch who is suddenly concerned and says it needs to be bipartisan reaction while the dems worked and he went home for a holiday. He also is only working with repub senators. What an a-hole. Please get rid of each and every one of them.

[CanonRay]

11. They only did what you guys also did

Ignore and lie for weeks.

[Scarsdale]

12. How ironicalistic for big Mike

to say this. The exact words could be used to describe the US government under his hero, too. Yes, I know "ironicalistic" is not a real word, I saw it someplace in a Dubya joke during THAT disaster of a presidency.

[PSPS]

13. Juses, not this guy again. "the Wuhan virus"

[ffr]

14. STFU Pompeo, you Russian troll!

Nobody gives a fuck what you have to say. Not news, propaganda!

[Chakaconcarne]

15. did they classify their covid meetings also?

weird.

[NotHardly]

16. Arsekisser in chief trying to find cover for his boss....LOL

[SergeStorms]

17. First in his class at West Point. Director of the C.I.A.

How can someone who, on paper, seems so intelligent and forward thinking, dwell in the cellar of the Trump administration's "brain trust"?

I guess you check your brains at the door when you're a member of the tea party, and lower yourself even further by becoming the chief boot-licker of the worst president to ever plop his fat ass down in the White House.

How far you've fallen, Pompeo. You'll need a ladder to climb up into hell.

[amuse bouche]

19. Hey Mikey... How transparent is Russia?

[EarthFirst]

20. They must have a large shipment of ventilators on the way...

Shitler is attempting to commandeer the shipment.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Sure thing... an accomplice of Trump.

Sure thing... an accomplice of Trump.

[Gore1FL]

23. There is so much irony in that statement it's rusting from all the water from hand washing. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

26. Pot/Kettle Syndrome

[degage]

27. Talk about irony being dead. Replace "Iranian" with "American" in his statements.

“Instead of focusing on the needs of the Iranian people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Iranians lied about the Wuhan virus outbreak for weeks,” Pompeo said during a press briefing at the Department of State.

“The Iranian leadership is trying to avoid responsibility for their grossly incompetent and deadly governments. The Wuhan virus is a killer and the Iranian regime is an accomplice,” he added.


Just replace "Iranian" with "American" and it's all correct.

[handmade34]

28. pot calling kettle black

[intrepidity]

29. There, fixed it for you

“Instead of focusing on the needs of the American people and accepting genuine offers of support, senior Trump administration officials lied about the coronavirus outbreak for weeks,” Everbody Everywhere said.

“The American leadership is trying to avoid responsibility for their grossly incompetent and deadly government. The coronavirus is a killer and the Trump administration is an accomplice,” they added.

[Under The Radar]

30. Got to have a boogie man, always someone to blame or fear.

[hatrack]

32. Yes, that should be very useful in the weeks ahead . . . .