Pompeo Warns Iran’s Leaders U.S. Could Attack Them if They Retaliate

Perry World House Director of Communications and Research John Gans is quoted in this piece on the Iran crisis.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned Iran on Sunday that the United States could attack the country within its borders and its leaders if they take hostile actions against American interests in the aftermath of the drone strike that killed a top general.

“I’ve been part of the discussion and planning process — everything I’ve seen about how we will respond with great force and great vigor if the Iranian leadership makes a bad decision,” Mr. Pompeo said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We hope that they won’t, but when they do, America will respond."...

John Gans, a former Defense Department speechwriter and author of a new book on the National Security Council, said Mr. Trump’s aggressive tweets on Iran “make Pompeo’s job — marshaling diplomatic support and mitigating opposition — much harder and will only inspire congressional opposition and action.”

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