Israel war: Antony Blinken’s doormat diplomacy is embarrassing
Zachary Faria
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It would not be an international crisis under the Biden administration without Secretary of State Antony Blinken reminding the entire world that everyone can treat the United States like a doormat so long as he is around.
The Hamas terrorist attack against Israel that led to the slaughter of more than 1,200 civilians has led squeamish liberals to hem and haw about how Israel shouldn’t get too tough on Gaza while fighting the terrorist organization that wants to kill Jews. Blinken almost immediately called for a ceasefire, effectively saying that Israel should take the massacre of 1,200 civilians on the chin and not respond at all.
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That has given way now to cries for aid to Gaza in the face of Israel’s justified response. Blinken announced that the U.S. and Israel made an agreement to help get aid to Gaza. The problem with that, though, is that aid to Gaza is confiscated and exploited by Hamas. Even Blinken’s State Department acknowledged when it freed up $360 million in aid in 2021 that there was “a high risk Hamas could potentially derive indirect, unintentional benefit.”
So what is Blinken going to do if Hamas diverts this new aid away from Gaza residents as it is wont to do? Here is what Blinken said: “If Hamas in any way blocks humanitarian assistance from reaching civilians, including by seizing the aid itself, we’ll be the first to condemn it. And we will work to prevent it from happening again.”
“We’ll be the first to condemn it.” Surely, Hamas must be quivering in their blood-stained boots at the thought of a strongly worded letter.
This matches Blinken’s approach when it comes to terrorists in Afghanistan. Blinken was outraged when the Taliban “grossly violated the Doha Agreement and repeated assurances to the world that they would not allow Afghan territory to be used by terrorists to threaten the security of other countries.” The State Department declared that it was “deeply concerned” that the group was executing former American allies. And yet the Taliban kept doing Taliban things — because it turns out terrorists don’t care about strongly worded condemnations or your “deep concerns.”
Blinken’s doormat diplomacy even includes throwing the U.S. at the mercy of the human rights abusers on the United Nations Human Rights Council, legitimizing their criticisms of America by pretending they are legitimate critics. In all, rolling over for the Taliban, the U.N., and now Hamas only emboldens more bad actors, which explains why Russia saw fit to barge into Ukraine and why China is measuring the drapes in Taiwan.
Blinken’s reliance on strongly worded letters is weak and embarrassing when all organizations like Hamas do is laugh and continue on with their terrorism. Blinken and President Joe Biden are content to continue to be pushed around at almost every opportunity, broadcasting to the world that the U.S. will do nothing but “be the first to condemn” whatever human rights abuses rear their head next.