Secretary of State Blinken Perfecting His Kowtow to Chinese Communists

The fact that Antony Blinken is one of the worst secretaries of state in U.S. history is well-known by now. He was a chief promoter of both the humiliating retreat from Afghanistan in 2021 and the pointless War in Ukraine, which the U.S. side is now losing badly.

There was certainly a case for reducing or even ending the U.S. presence in Afghanistan. But, there was no need at all for a reckless, ill-prepared, and deadly retreat.

The War in Ukraine could easily have been avoided with a few concessions to Russia. Instead, the Russians will end up getting what they wanted anyway. The only difference is 300,000 dead Ukrainians, millions of refugees, and the destruction of the infrastructure of the country. Nice job, Tony.

Still, Blinken’s venality and incompetence go deeper. We have learned recently that while working for the Biden campaign in 2020, he orchestrated the open letter signed by 51 senior intelligence community officials that said the Hunter Biden laptop had the “hallmarks of Russian disinformation.” This gave Biden a talking point just a few days later in a televised debate with Donald Trump just before the 2020 election.

The open letter was a lie; the laptop actually did contain Hunter Biden’s chronicle of the Biden crime family’s activities over many years. Everyone involved, including Blinken, knew the letter was a lie, but it worked. The laptop contents were suppressed, and Biden won the election.

Post-election polls showed most Americans had never heard of the laptop story (mission accomplished!), and 16% would have changed their votes from Biden to Trump if they had known; enough to tip the election to Trump. So, we can add fraud and liar to the list of Blinken traits along with incompetence.

The story doesn’t stop there. According to this article, Blinken was responsible for the slow response to the Chinese spy balloon last February (eventually, it was shot down but not before crossing the entire U.S. and sending critical data back to China) and for the delay or cancellation of punitive sanctions on China in response to the incident and others like it.

In the end, Blinken emerges as a not-so-bright political hack who kowtows to China and only got his appointment because his boss, Joe Biden, is even more feeble-minded.

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