U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrapped up a trip to Israel on Friday, having failed to convince Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu and the rest of the leadership there to essentially surrender to Hamas.
Members of the Biden administration suffered embarrassment earlier in the morning after their “ceasefire” resolution went down in the flames at the UN. They are such amateurs that they can’t even throw Israel under the bus without screwing it up.
Blinken continued to try, though, meeting with Netanyahu and lecturing him on the finer points of combating Hamas. You know, because if anyone knows about defeating terrorists, it’s the guy who helped lead the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and has more recently overseen the resurgence of the Islamic State.
Here’s a bit of what transpired behind closed doors.
Behind the scenes: Blinken told Netanyahu and the war cabinet that he came to Israel as a friend who spent the past five months defending Israel around the world.
- But he warned that on the current trajectory, without a clear plan for the day after the war, Israel will be left with a major insurgency it can’t handle.
- “You need a coherent plan, or either you’re going to be stuck in Gaza,” Blinken said, according to the source.
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