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.