The absence of world pressure on Hamas to surrender and release the hostages held in the Gaza Strip since the October 7 massacre has been “astounding,” Blinken said. “Why there hasn’t been a unanimous chorus around the world for Hamas to put down its weapons, to give up the hostages, to surrender – I don’t know what the answer is to that,” he said
Asked whether he thought Israel had abided by laws of war in Gaza, Blinken cited the humanitarian aid provided by Israel to Gaza. “We’ve found periods of time where, no, we didn’t think they [Israel] were doing enough… There’s a big difference between intent and result, whether it’s under the law or under any one standard,” he said.
Asked why the US administration continued to transfer weapons to Israel, Blinken reiterated the United States’ commitment to its defense. Asked whether Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had listened to the Biden administration, especially regarding the May operation in Rafah in southern Gaza, he said: “What Israel wound up doing in Rafah was very different from what they were planning to do before we engaged with them.”
Blinken refuted reports that Netanyahu had barred a hostage deal from being achieved in July. “What we’ve seen time and again is Hamas not concluding a deal that it should have concluded,” he said. “There have been times when actions that Israel has taken have, yes, made it more difficult. But there’s been a rationale for those actions, even if they’ve sometimes made getting to a conclusion more difficult.”
At a certain point you have to address the table how it is set and not how it might be set. We have a pro genocide administration now, and basically, the lack of a willingness to address that was a significant factor in the 2024 loss to the Republicans. That lack of concern was mostly predicated on a “whataboutism”, regarding Trump, that his administration “would be worse”. Worse is irrelevant when what we have is bad enough, and the act of making this about Trump acted as a form of static interference, preventing any real pressure on the administration from addressing their deeply unpopular policies.
So if you (the royal you, not you in particular necessarily) we’re out there making the argument that Trump “would be worse”, that person should be thought of as being a contributing factor both to the genocide in Gaza as well as the Democrats lose in 2024.
I’m not the one making the comparison here. Saying that Biden’s secretary of state is “as bad or worse than Trump”, who already served 4 years as POTUS and killed millions of people, is fucking crazy. That’s all. Anthony Blinken simply hasn’t had the power to cause as much damage as Trump has already caused.
Blinken is a piece of shit, and has supported monstrous actions. He is no where near as bad as Donald Trump, even based on actions they’ve both already taken.