/THREAD/ Pompeo is using his last days in office to hold press conferences to undermine any chance of peace & diplomacy between the US & Iran.

Just as he and Trump have fueled conflict within the US, he's also seeking to fuel conflict between the US and Iran on his way out. >>

2. False claims of Iran-al Qaeda ties have been peddled by the Trump administration before. Trump gave classified documents to FDD - the main lobby for war with Iran in DC - purportedly connecting Iran and AlQaeda. But despite the fanfare, the documents proved no such thing.>>

3. Now Pompeo is recycling the old falsehoods, adding some new ones and misinterpretations and spinning it as news.

Such as bizarre claims that Iran is now the home base of Al Qaeda in the Middle East.
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4. Ask yourself, if such conclusive evidence of an Iran-AlQaeda alliance really existed, why would he wait till his last week in office to reveal it?

Mindful of Pompeo's 4-year effort to crush Iran, he would've revealed this at the outset to justify maximum pressure. He didn't.>

5. A more plausible explanation is that Pompeo is changing facts to fit with his obsession w/ conflict w/ Iran.

As the chances of conflict are slipping out of his hands courtesy of Trump's failed coup, Pompeo shifts his focus to prevent Biden from undoing Pompeo's mess.