U.S. pays $2M a month to protect Pompeo,
aide from Iran threat
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/12/2022 1:52:12 PM
Washington—The State Department says it's paying more than $2 million per month to provide 24-hour security to former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and a former top aide, both of whom face "serious and credible" threats from Iran. The department told Congress in a report that the cost of protecting Pompeo and former Iran envoy Brian Hook between August 2021 and February 2022 amounted to $13.1 million.(Snip)As a former secretary of state, Pompeo was automatically given 180 days of protection by the State Department's Bureau of Diplomatic Security after leaving office. But that protection has been repeatedly extended in 60-day increments by Secretary of State
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Would Americans stay to fight for their
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nation the way the Ukrainians are doing?
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Here's the Washington Times story about it:
An attack on the U.S. homeland would bring out the fight in most Americans. according to a new poll, but a surprisingly large percentage say they'd flee.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday asked Americans what they would do "if they were in the same position as Ukrainians are now: stay and fight or leave the country?"
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Remind you of anyone?
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Why not. USA aims to spend itself into complete insolvency, destroying our personal wealth along the way. The feds won't secure the border, and very actively import expensive "refugees" from Afghanistan and other hot spots, thus justifying further expansion of the police state to keep us safe. Meanwhile, any commoner is far more likely to be attacked by a street criminal than any of these high-rolling government workers are to be targeted by terrorists.