Pompeo: “America first means staying in the Eastern Med – Lifting Cyprus’s Arms Embargo was overdue”

In a neighborhood where power is shifting fast and illusions are dangerous, Mike Pompeo doesn’t mince his words. In this interview, the former U.S. Secretary of State cuts through the diplomatic fog — calling the Cyprus arms embargo “unfair,” warning that Turkey acts like a NATO member only when it suits, and exposing the double games around Hamas, Hezbollah, and regional security. No clichés, no polite evasions. Just a blunt assessment of what Washington expects, where the Eastern Mediterranean is heading, and why Cyprus now sits at the center of the strategic chessboard. This is the conversation others avoid. (Podit)