{"id":219645,"date":"2025-01-20T16:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=219645"},"modified":"2025-01-20T16:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T14:31:06","slug":"secretary-of-forever-wars-antony-blinkens-blood-soaked-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabtelegraph.com\/?p=219645","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of Forever Wars: Antony Blinken\u2019s Blood-Soaked Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__header\">\n<div class=\"article__announce-text\" dir=\"ltr\">Antony Blinken spent his last two weeks in office giving media interviews defending his record as America\u2019s top \u2018diplomat\u2019. But it was under Blinken\u2019s watch that the US sparked the worst security crisis in Europe since WWII, and fueled the most severe fighting between Jews and Palestinians since Israel\u2019s creation in 1948. Let\u2019s review his legacy.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The New York Times\u00a0revealed\u00a0over the weekend that Blinken rejected a proposal in late 2022 by Joint Chiefs chairman Milley to push for peace talks in Ukraine, and argued with generals in favor of sending more advanced weapons to Kiev.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Blinken was one of the\u00a0main architects\u00a0of the Ukraine conflict \u2013 which could have been stopped in the spring of 2022, or averted entirely if the Biden administration didn\u2019t pigheadedly insist on NATO membership for Ukraine, which Russia warned was its\u00a0red line.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">In late 2021, as Kiev amassed troops near the Donbass, prompting mirror moves from Moscow, Blinken spoke to Ukraine\u2019s foreign minister to\u00a0assure\u00a0him of NATO\u2019s \u201cunwavering commitment.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Months later, after fighting began, Blinken&#8217;s State Department joined with other Biden administration agencies and the Pentagon in supporting the Ukrainian crisis&#8217;s escalation into a full-blown NATO proxy war against Russia, complete with hundreds of billions of dollars in military aid to Kiev, CIA and military advisors and foreign mercenaries engaged in the conflict zone and operating advanced Western NATO weapons systems, and intelligence support.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The Kiev regime \u201cthrew [the peace deal] into the dustbin of history,\u201d President Putin said in mid-2023, confirming then long-running reports that Moscow and Kiev were on the verge of a deal after talks in Belarus and Istanbul, Turkiye weeks into the conflict\u00a0before NATO&#8217;s intervention to kill it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"NYT Claims to Reveal 2022 Russia-Ukraine Peace Drafts: Key Details and Missed Opportunities\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20240615\/nyt-claims-to-reveal-2022-russia-ukraine-peace-drafts-key-details-and-missed-opportunities-1118975487.html\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The table at which the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place at the Dolmabahce Palace, in Istanbul, Turkiye, in 2022.\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_1920x0_80_0_0_73a70214c734c5733e3ce0a9eeced763.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_640x0_80_0_0_5d3a1b4d3e44e26b51244d4596a315d0.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_1280x0_80_0_0_8ae2c17f82ad3c16a4ced334144c2286.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_1920x0_80_0_0_73a70214c734c5733e3ce0a9eeced763.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"The table at which the Russian-Ukrainian negotiations took place at the Dolmabahce Palace, in Istanbul, Turkiye, in 2022. - Sputnik International, 1920, 15.06.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"rian_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_640x0_80_0_0_5d3a1b4d3e44e26b51244d4596a315d0.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_1280x0_80_0_0_8ae2c17f82ad3c16a4ced334144c2286.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/06\/0f\/1118975310_0:383:3207:1666_1920x0_80_0_0_73a70214c734c5733e3ce0a9eeced763.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><strong><em>NYT Claims to Reveal 2022 Russia-Ukraine Peace Drafts: Key Details and Missed Opportunities<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__article-info\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__date convert-date m-active\" data-unixtime=\"1718467213\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<h3 id=\"1121472986-1\" class=\"article__h2\">Gaza Bloodbath<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">In October 2023, in response to a surprise Hamas-led incursion into Gaza, Israel launched its deadliest-ever attack on Palestinians in Gaza.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">\u201cWe will always be there by your side,\u201d Blinken\u00a0vowed, standing in Tel Aviv alongside Prime Minister Netanyahu just days after the war began.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">He was true to his word. From late 2023 and mid-2024 alone, the US\u00a0sent\u00a0Israel 14,000+ MK-84 2,000-pound bombs, 6,500 500-pound bombs, and an array of other munitions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">The same month, a rights monitor\u00a0calculated\u00a0that Israel had dropped over 70,000 tons of bombs on the 365 km2 Strip, more than the combined tonnage dropped on Dresden, Hamburg and London in all of WWII.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Blinken could have pressured his boss to turn off the taps on arms for Israel, which would have ended fighting in weeks. Instead, the State Department spent fifteen months talking about peace talks (which were actually\u00a0spearheaded by other countries) as Gaza burned.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"article\" data-article=\"main-photo\">\n<div class=\"article__article m-image\"><a class=\"article__article-image\" title=\"Four in Five of Gaza\u2019s Mosques, All Three Churches Devastated in Year-Long Israeli Bombing Campaign\" href=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241006\/four-in-five-of-gazas-mosques-all-three-churches-devastated-in-year-long-israeli-bombing-campaign-1120442861.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023. \" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_1920x0_80_0_0_639c63815865a53f734d5d3b3ea7840b.jpg.webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_640x0_80_0_0_1eee3749f02e457e720e44789a55714b.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_1280x0_80_0_0_3917fc5f52f3c6a6cc2e79dc9d8e04f5.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_1920x0_80_0_0_639c63815865a53f734d5d3b3ea7840b.jpg.webp 1920w\" alt=\"People stand outside a mosque destroyed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Oct.8, 2023.  - Sputnik International, 1920, 06.10.2024\" width=\"1920\" height=\"768\" data-source-sid=\"ap_photo\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_640x0_80_0_0_1eee3749f02e457e720e44789a55714b.jpg.webp 640w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_1280x0_80_0_0_3917fc5f52f3c6a6cc2e79dc9d8e04f5.jpg.webp 1280w,https:\/\/cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com\/img\/07e8\/0a\/06\/1120443127_0:410:3072:1639_1920x0_80_0_0_639c63815865a53f734d5d3b3ea7840b.jpg.webp 1920w\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__article-desc\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div class=\"article__article-rubric\"><strong><em>Four in Five of Gaza\u2019s Mosques, All Three Churches Devastated in Year-Long Israeli Bombing Campaign<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__article-info\" data-type=\"article\">\n<div class=\"elem-info\">\n<div class=\"elem-info__share\">\n<div class=\"share m-active\" data-id=\"1120442861\" data-url=\"https:\/\/sputnikglobe.com\/20241006\/four-in-five-of-gazas-mosques-all-three-churches-devastated-in-year-long-israeli-bombing-campaign-1120442861.html\" data-title=\"Four in Five of Gaza\u2019s Mosques, All Three Churches Devastated in Year-Long Israeli Bombing Campaign\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"h3\">\n<h3 id=\"1121472986-2\" class=\"article__h2\">War Worldwide, Inc.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Besides Ukraine and Gaza, whose combined death toll is now in the hundreds of thousands, Blinken has led or signed off on an array of other escalatory and aggressive US foreign policy decisions.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"list\">\n<div class=\"article__list\">\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>Wrecking Trump\u2019s face-to-face diplomacy-based efforts to improve ties between the US and North Korea\u00a0within weeks\u00a0after Biden&#8217;s inauguration in 2021, Blinken\u2019s State Department negotiated a new tripartite security pact with South Korea and Japan\u00a0aimed squarely\u00a0against Pyongyang.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>Fueling tensions in the East and South China Sea against China, Blinken escalated US bilateral alliance-based efforts to hem China into its home shores using the classic\u00a0\u2018island chain strategy\u2019, vowed to ramp up\u00a0support for Taiwan, and negotiated the anti-Beijing\u00a0AUKUS security pact\u00a0between the US, the UK and Australia.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>Ramping up the confrontation against Iran and its Axis of Resistance allies, the US provided\u00a0support\u00a0to Tel Aviv during the back-to-back Iran-Israel missile and airstrikes, launched an\u00a0air and naval campaign\u00a0against Yemen\u2019s Houthis, and facilitated the continuation of the long-running dirty war in Syria, culminating in the toppling of the Assad government in late 2024.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>Blinken\u2019s State Department was instrumental in US involvement in burning conflicts across Africa, from Ethiopia and Libya to the\u00a0Sahel, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__list-item\">\n<div class=\"article__list-label\"><\/div>\n<p>It also continued the tradition of low-key US efforts to institute regime change in countries perceived as disloyal to US interests, from\u00a0Nicaragua\u00a0and\u00a0Bangladesh\u00a0to\u00a0Serbia\u00a0and\u00a0Georgia.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__block\" data-type=\"text\">\n<div class=\"article__text\">Blinken\u2019s record, while ruthless, isn\u2019t surprising, given his\u00a0active support\u00a0as he rose through the ranks in his diplomatic career for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, the 2011 NATO aerial assault on Libya, which turned that country into a failed state, and the start of the war against Syria in 2011.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Antony Blinken spent his last two weeks in office giving media interviews defending his record as America\u2019s top \u2018diplomat\u2019. 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