Antony Blinken Dragged US Diplomacy Into the 21st Century. Even He’s Surprised by the Results

The US State Dept does a lot of good work and I'm not going to subscribe to this notion that they're some inherently evil entity; sounds like tankie pro-CCP thing to say, if I'm being honest. The state department is a tool whose use is dependent on the party that is in power. The vast majority of "imperial" criticism I have revolves around its use under Republican administrations; chiefly the neocons of the Bush era, and the Trump administration. If you'll remember:

Bush was responsible for Iraq
Bush was responsible for Afghanistan
Obama & Biden was responsible for withdrawing (and getting Bin Laden in the first place)
Trump killed more civilians in one year (2017) than Obama & Biden's presidencies combined.
There has been no "imperial" ambitions under the Biden administration; quite the opposite, really in countering imperial ambitions of Putin, while also coming down harder on Israel than quite literally any past Presidential administration in history, with more to come I guarantee.

Now to the real source of what's pissing you off:

WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL STILL

I'll tell you the cold, hard, honest brutal truth why:

Because the election is 62 days away. Withdrawing aid from Israel will immediately by framed by right-wing media, Republican opposition, AIPAC, Russian and Israeli troll farms as being "Antisemitic." Forget the fact that the Jewish-American group who normally votes Democrat is far larger (and sympathetic to Israel) than the vehemently Anti-Aid group.
Nuttyahoo will conveniently ignore "intelligence reports" (again) of an impending terrorist attack by Hamas, then immediately point the finger at Democrats, "Why did the evil Democrats leave us defenseless!?" — And allllllllllllll the gullible low-info voters will fall for this hook, line, and sinker. <- Hint: This would be this election's October Surprise.
It seems blatantly obvious that the second this election is over and Harris is in power that the tone is going to shift drastically both with Putin and Bibi.
Ultimately, 62 days of trying to carve the largest electorate possible to defeat Trump is more important than acting now only to lose to Trump and then have him immediately reverse and cause hell in both Ukraine and Israel for 4 years... Or more. Battles vs. Wars thinking at play, here.

Now I don't think Blinken or Biden or Harris are some evil psychopaths akin to Trump or Putin who do not care. Do you really have that impression? Hopefully not. If so, then you need to ask yourself, "Why would they support this?" Do you really think they like to be associated with Bibi's war crimes? And herein lies one's first lesson in an administration not being able to outright say the 4 points I listed above to the public and why there seems to be a disconnect between what we see and what they're doing.

(Also Blinken can actually jam pretty well and is pretty well known around DC. Yeah, he's politician first, musician third but you know... At least he's got good taste in music and at least he's got the balls to go to Kyiv in the first place unlike his predecessors.)

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Not where Palestine is concerned.
- Lip service.
- That’s exactly what Nick Feuntes would say
  Edit: dumbfucks can downvote me all you want but I’m not wrong
Can't see his name without thinking A. Blinken.
I don't think people realize just how disastrous all these fires in the world would be if it was still Mike "Pomous" Pompeo still in charge. If I'm honest I think Blinken is one of the best Secretary of States that I can remember. I'd pretty much mirror his approach were I in his shoes. But I don't envy his position.
Bonus: Blinken playing, "Rockin' in the Free World" in a Kyiv night club a few months ago.
- I gotta say
  Fuck imperialism; the US State Dept is not your friend and they’re not supposed to be
  The idea of the US Secretary of State playing guitar in a nightclub in Kyiv while supporting them in a war against imperialism is actually kind of incongruously good, gives me some kind of hope WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL STILL
  From the short clip, that sounds like one of the least hip performances of an inherently pretty good song I have ever heard 😢
  For the uninitiated
  
  The US State Dept does a lot of good work and I'm not going to subscribe to this notion that they're some inherently evil entity; sounds like tankie pro-CCP thing to say, if I'm being honest. The state department is a tool whose use is dependent on the party that is in power. The vast majority of "imperial" criticism I have revolves around its use under Republican administrations; chiefly the neocons of the Bush era, and the Trump administration. If you'll remember:
  Bush was responsible for Iraq
  Bush was responsible for Afghanistan
  Obama & Biden was responsible for withdrawing (and getting Bin Laden in the first place)
  Trump killed more civilians in one year (2017) than Obama & Biden's presidencies combined.
  There has been no "imperial" ambitions under the Biden administration; quite the opposite, really in countering imperial ambitions of Putin, while also coming down harder on Israel than quite literally any past Presidential administration in history, with more to come I guarantee.
  Now to the real source of what's pissing you off:
  WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU SENDING WEAPONS TO ISRAEL STILL
  I'll tell you the cold, hard, honest brutal truth why:
  Because the election is 62 days away. Withdrawing aid from Israel will immediately by framed by right-wing media, Republican opposition, AIPAC, Russian and Israeli troll farms as being "Antisemitic." Forget the fact that the Jewish-American group who normally votes Democrat is far larger (and sympathetic to Israel) than the vehemently Anti-Aid group.
  Nuttyahoo will conveniently ignore "intelligence reports" (again) of an impending terrorist attack by Hamas, then immediately point the finger at Democrats, "Why did the evil Democrats leave us defenseless!?" — And allllllllllllll the gullible low-info voters will fall for this hook, line, and sinker. <- Hint: This would be this election's October Surprise.
  It seems blatantly obvious that the second this election is over and Harris is in power that the tone is going to shift drastically both with Putin and Bibi.
  Ultimately, 62 days of trying to carve the largest electorate possible to defeat Trump is more important than acting now only to lose to Trump and then have him immediately reverse and cause hell in both Ukraine and Israel for 4 years... Or more. Battles vs. Wars thinking at play, here.
  Now I don't think Blinken or Biden or Harris are some evil psychopaths akin to Trump or Putin who do not care. Do you really have that impression? Hopefully not. If so, then you need to ask yourself, "Why would they support this?" Do you really think they like to be associated with Bibi's war crimes? And herein lies one's first lesson in an administration not being able to outright say the 4 points I listed above to the public and why there seems to be a disconnect between what we see and what they're doing.
  (Also Blinken can actually jam pretty well and is pretty well known around DC. Yeah, he's politician first, musician third but you know... At least he's got good taste in music and at least he's got the balls to go to Kyiv in the first place unlike his predecessors.)
  
  Thank you for your comment. I couldn't agree with you more.
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