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    Mike Pompeo tells Jewish leaders he would 'push back' against Corbyn Archived Message

    Posted by margo on June 10, 2019, 9:04 am

    Foreign interference in elections?


    US secretary of state made comments in recording leaked to Washington Post


    https://www.dumptheguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/09/mike-pompeo-leaked-recording-corbyn-labour-jewish-leaders

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    Jonathan Cook tweets today:
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    "Hard to spin this any other way: the US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, secretly promises US Jewish leaders to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from becoming UK prime minister. Hard too not to suspect that the US is *already* helping to ensure Corbyn doesn't become PM.

    Because the obvious implication of Pompeo's comment is that the US knows it can damage Corbyn without leaving fingerprints at the crime scene – presumably through black ops, image management etc. The elephant in the room: Why assume the US isn't already using those methods?

    Here's what Pompeo says: 'We won’t wait for him to do those things [get elected] to begin to push back. We will do our level best. It’s too risky and too important and too hard once it’s already happened.'

    Also interesting to consider what the Trump administration finds 'too risky' about Corbyn getting elected and 'too important' to allow it to happen. You can be sure it ain't anti-semitism he's referring to.


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