Secretary of State
Antony Blinken
ordered his Office of Palestinian Affairs to delete the
statement
as soon as journalists began calling. “Terror and violence solve nothing,” it read. It was the usual
State Department
pabulum. Most statements nowadays are empty and formulaic, as easily written by a computer algorithm as a diplomat.
The notion that terrorism never works is a nice sentiment. The problem is it is not true. Indeed, Blinken later telephoned his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan to discuss a ceasefire. Given how Fidan was the mastermind behind the Turkey-Hamas nexus, this was akin to asking the arsonist to lead firefighting efforts. Blinken’s gut reaction was to reward terror.
BIDEN SHIFTS FOCUS AWAY FROM DOMESTIC AFFAIRS AS ISRAEL WAR INTENSIFIES
Frankly, Blinken is not alone.
President Jimmy Carter rewarded Iranian revolutionaries with the Algiers Accords, a…
