Pompeo Boasts US ‘Moral Superiority’, Calls It ‘Greatest in Civilization’s History’

By Staff, Agencies

Shameless US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo defended the brutal crackdowns on peaceful American protests, denying “the greatest nation in the history of civilization” could be morally equivalent to, say, China.

Challenged by a journalist on his criticism of China and Iran’s response to the ongoing US protests against police violence during a Wednesday briefing on religious freedom, Pompeo launched into a flowery speech about freedom and democracy, handily dancing around the question.

“Our nation is so special! It’s the greatest nation in the history of civilization,” he claimed, waxing rhapsodic about how only in America could one see a civilized debate unfold over the future of law enforcement without complainers being ‘disappeared’.

Pompeo repeatedly refused to recognize any similarities between China or Iran.

Indeed, he alleged that the very idea of a journalist questioning the integrity of government policy could never have happened in China or Iran.

“They deny journalists – you all – the chance to ask a question of a secretary of state – just like the question you had, the opportunity to ask me and demand that we provide responses to you and hold us accountable.”

Pompeo even claimed his fellow American diplomats should be proud of the government response to the George Floyd protests, suggesting they hold it up in their travels around the world as proof the American system works. “Our diplomats around the world can be incredibly proud of the fact that they represent a nation that has God-given rights ensconced in our fundamental founding documents that ensure that when we get something wrong here…the government responds.”

A second journalist refused to drop the matter, insisting that “not killing journalists or imprisoning dissidents surely cannot be the bar for American exceptionalism” and demanding to know why the Trump administration supported demonstrations in Hong Kong but not at home. However, Pompeo shut her down, tersely stating that the Trump administration “continues to support peaceful protesters wherever we find them.”