Mike Pompeo actually said...

the Taliban would have a slight military advantage over Afghanistan's security forces, which would then likely grow in compounding fashion.

Pompeo assessed the military balance post-U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

04/17/2023

More Mike Pompeo Quotes

There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by Qassem Soleimani.

We had specific information on an imminent threat and those threats included attacks on U.S. embassies, period, full stop.

This was going to happen. An American lives were at risk and we would have been culpably negligent.

President Trump's decision to remove Qassem Soleimani from the battlefield saved American lives.