Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned this week that the U.S. forcing Israel to agree to a ceasefire would be catastrophic because it would result in the deaths of more Israelis and Americans.
Pompeo made the remarks during a Fox News interview with Sean Hannity on Thursday night after Hamas terrorists launched an unprecedented terrorist attack against Israel last month, murdering more than 1,400 people.
“If you put America first, you definitely want Prime Minister Netanyahu to do both his duty, that is to destroy Hamas and to complete that mission in its entirety,” Pompeo said. “You don’t need him having a second front here in America. You’re fighting Hamas and now you’re fighting the Biden administration, fighting a Biden administration that’s simply lost its way. It forgets already now, just short of four weeks, what actually happened there and is trying to restrain them.”
He slammed Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) for pushing for a ceasefire in exchange for getting the hostages back that Hamas kidnapped.
“We want all the hostages home. We want every American home,” Pompeo said. “We’ve had Americans killed. But make no mistake about it, if Netanyahu were to take that deal and get the hostages out in exchange for letting Hamas to continue to threaten Israel, it would only result in the death of more Israelis and more Americans.”
“Lastly, Sean, I heard President Biden speak today and I heard Secretary Blinken speak today. Neither of them identified the real problem here, which is Iran,” he concluded. “They continue to coddle, they’re giving them $7 billion that has fueled and set the context for the barbaric actions about which you spoke and Prime Minister Netanyahu has spoken. To give Iran more time, more money, a ceasefire would only create enormous risk for Israel, for the Gulf Arab States that are having rockets fired from Yemen, and for us here in home in America as well.”
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