BETRAYAL: Pompeo and Bolton Push for Military Intervention in Venezuela, Iran

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May 9, 2019

President Donald Trump’s common sense foreign policy is falling apart, thanks in large part to rogue actions conducted by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and national security adviser John Bolton that have undermined his ‘America First’ mandate.

Bolton is claiming without evidence that “a number of troubling and escalatory indications and warnings” coming from Iran are justifying an additional military presence in the region.

This comes just two days after Bolton issued a statement declaring that the U.S. would unleash the USS Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group as well as a bomber task force to the Middle East to show Iran who’s boss.

“The United States is not seeking war with the Iranian regime, but we are fully prepared to respond to any attack, whether by proxy, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or regular Iranian forces,” said Bolton, who supported every disastrous military intervention of the Bush and Obama regimes.

While Bolton inflames hostilities in Iran, Pompeo is busy pressing for conflict in Venezuela. With socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro’s regime hanging by a thread, U.S. meddling has given the fledgling regime a rallying cry to regain popular support.

Pompeo’s failure has only caused him to become more belligerent in his threats against Venezuela.

“The President has been crystal clear and incredibly consistent. Military action is possible. If that’s what’s required, that’s what the United States will do,” Pompeo said during an appearance on the Fox Business Network.

He made it clear that the U.S. will ultimately decide who rules over Venezuela, and that their will will be imposed by force if necessary.

“We’d prefer a peaceful transition of government there, where Maduro leaves and a new election is held. But the President has made clear, in the event that there comes a moment — and we’ll all have to make decisions about when that moment is — and the President will have to ultimately make that decision. He is prepared to do that if that’s what’s required,” Pompeo said.

Pompeo may claim to speak for the President, but that is not necessarily the case.

After talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the phone, it does not seem as if Trump’s mindset is congruent with his hawkish advisers any longer. After faux-president Juan Guiado’s “revolution” that was largely promulgated for the TV screens fizzled out in a day, Trump is beginning to change his tune on Venezuela.

“He is not looking at all to get involved in Venezuela, other than he’d like to see something positive happen,” Trump said about Putin last week. “I feel the same way.”

“The president of Russia underscored that only the Venezuelans themselves have the right to determine the future of their country,” Putin’s office said in a press release.

“Attempts to change the government in Caracas by force undermine prospects for a political settlement of the crisis,” Putin’s office continued.

Much to the chagrin of the weathered military-industrial complex disciple Pompeo the mustachioed warmonger Bolton, Trump reportedly believes that a war in Iran would be another Iraq-style disaster – thanks in large part to the lobbying work of non-interventionist Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY).

“You do not have the permission of Congress to go to war with Iran,” Paul said to the squirming Pompeo last month as he tried to weasel out of answering a question directly. “Only Congress can declare war.”

Pompeo takes great pride in deceiving the American public, actually having the audacity to claim that the deep state’s disinformation campaigns remind him “of the glory of the American experiment.”

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President Trump will have to remain wary of the neoconservative war hawks scheming within his administration, unless he decides to remove them and replace them with conservative ‘America First’ patriots.

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