Pompeo References Kirkpatrick in a Blistering WSJ Op/Ed Defending the US-Saudi Alliance

David Reaboi

2 year ago

November 29, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s recent Wall Street Journal op/ed, “The US-Saudi Partnership is Vital” was an admirable piece of analysis, and a full-throated statement of our national security interests. It also contained a section referencing former UN Amb. Jeane Kirkpatrick’s famous essay, “Dictatorships and Double Standards.” Several days prior, SSG Sr. Vice President for Strategic Operations David Reaboi generated a long tweet thread about this very same essay and, similarly, drew comparisons to President Carter’s mistakes when it came to the Shah’s Iran.


About the Author

David Reaboi

David has spent the last decade as consultant in national security and political warfare. He works at the intersection of communications and policy, specializing in Sunni Islamist movements. He received a BA from George Washington University in International Affairs, with a concentration in the history of the Cold War. He is a Claremont Fellow, and his work appears at The Federalist, Claremont Review of Books and PJMedia.