http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2023/10/09/blinken-deletes-tweet-n2388304
Yesterday evening, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken sent out this tweet, which we can't link to, because it was deleted. Read it and judge for yourself why:
Wow.
A cease-fire, after at least 9 Americans -- and a thousand Israelis -- were killed by Hamas.
Mary Katharine Ham noticed and asked what we all were thinking:
Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) ~ What?
Mary Katharine was being polite ... it was really more like ...
Could this administration be any more tone deaf? The deletion did not go unnoticed:
Jeremy Redfern (@JeremyRedfernFL) ~ Strange that it took over 12 hours for them to delete this tweet.
This isn’t the first time that the @StateDept has put out messaging through official channels with capitulations to Hamas.
It was up for 12 hours, and through an official channel.
Michael Sobolik (@michaelsobolik) ~ By my count, this is the second tweet this admin has deleted in the past two days. Both called for Israel to stand down.
We are appalled that, after what we've seen on social media, the Biden administration would call for Israel to stand down. This is the worst one-day loss of Jewish life since the Holocaust. Israel cannot, should not, stand down under any circumstances.
And not only did Blinken get dragged for the original tweet, the dragging continued after deleting it. Twitter/X never forgets, and rarely forgives:
W A C (@WACyPack) ~ This is the Secretary of State. Utter ineptitude on display expecting this to have any positive effect.
But he 'encouraged' a return of the hostages.
The Culture Warrior (@Culture_Fight76) ~ “... encouraged ...”
Tough talk there, Tony.
It's weak and insulting.
Well, Blinken is a sniveling, pansy-ass pussy - just like his boss in The White House.
James Hewitt (@JamesOHewitt) ~ Likely multiple State Department bureaus cleared this language before it went out. What cluelessness.
The state of the Biden State Department ...
Cluelessness is being far too kind.
Jen (@JenStroup) ~ Appalling how inept our government officials are in this administration.
It was intentional, not ineptitude, and only deleted because they got blowback.
Which proves Biden & Co. are even bigger pussies than originally thought.
Boris Zilberman (@rolltidebmz) ~ The internet is forever.
We're glad, because they should not be allowed to delete this tweet and pretend it never happened.
You'll notice that his subsequent tweets don't mention ceasefire.
tree hugging s*ster (@WelbornBeege) ~ And he overcompensates like a bad dog afterwards.
They're also not as forceful as they could be, honestly.
Diliman Abdulkader (@D_abdulkader) ~ Blinken deleted this tweet. Did he realize Turkey is with Hamas? Did he realize cease-fire doesn’t make sense as Hamas is holding Israeli hostages? Told ya, wrong move — this wasn’t diplomacy but appeasement.
It absolutely was appeasement. We've seen this from this administration before.
That is the go-to move for the Biden administration - bend over and spread their butt-cheeks. Probably learned that from zzshart's cuddle-buddy parties.
Sage McLaughlin (@SagaciousMick) ~ That is TWICE in 36 hours that this bumbling bunch of clowns have had to delete the same "mistaken" tweet. I can only conclude that a demand for ceasefire is the Administration's actual position behind closed doors, and that these incompetent imbeciles just keep blurting it out.
This is a fair assessment. They don't say these things willy-nilly. This is the administration's position on the issue, even if they try (and fail) not to say it publicly.
And where is Biden on this?
J (@ARaised_Eyebrow) ~ Blinken's boss needs to clarify the administration's position. It'd be nice if he were physically capable of doing so.
Good question. We could really use a real president right now.
President Pudding Pop? He's probably taking a nap in the basement.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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