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Blinken blinkered: Biden Secretary of State can't give a clear answer on Hamas financing from Iran
American Thinker ^ | 05/26/2021 | Monica Showalter

Posted on 05/26/2021 7:23:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

The Biden administration is loaded with people who can't admit the obvious.

The border is in crisis. Immunization means you can't catch COVID. COVID originated in a ChiCom lab.  Inflation? What inflation? 

Now it's Secretary of State Antony Blinken's turn. Get a load of this exchange reported by the Daily Caller, describing Blinken's appearance on ABC's "The Week":

The show’s host [former Clinton administration operative George Stephanopoulos] then brought up a May 13 letter by a group of Senate Republicans, in which the lawmakers urged Biden to stop offering sanction relief to Iran, citing its funding of Hamas.

“Do you believe that Iran is funding Hamas? And if they are, should the sanctions stay in place?,” Stephanopoulos asked Blinken.

“You know, George, Iran is engaged in a number of activities, including funding extremist groups, supporting terrorism more broadly, supporting very dangerous proxies that are taking destabilizing actions throughout the Middle East, proliferating weapons,” Blinken responded.

The secretary of state also said that the first priority is to bring Iran back into “compliance with the nuclear agreement, the so-called JCPOA,” and that Former President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure … clearly did not get the result that we all seek.”

A number of activities? We suppose he's got his mind on all those daycare centers associated with Hamas, right? Hamas, daycare, what better business could a terrorist be in? 


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antonyblinken; gaza; georgestephanopoulos; hamas; iaea; iran; israel; jcpoa; jihadists; obamanation; waronterror

1 posted on 05/26/2021 7:23:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Like Obama ,Joe’s puppeteers have picked Morons


2 posted on 05/26/2021 7:25:07 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

Stephanopoulos is actually pretty stupid.

He asked a question about Hamas, not a question about Iran.

Is Hamas funded by Iran? That matters in how we approach the conflict in Gaza now.

Blinken did indeed blinker him, by answering as if the question was about Iran. ‘Is Iran so bad that they would fund Hamas.’ So he cleverly answered ‘we already know they’re so bad, why do we even need to talk about how bad Iran is. Let’s move on to the next topic which is Trump Trump Trump.’


3 posted on 05/26/2021 7:29:31 AM PDT by edwinland
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To: SeekAndFind

The proof of the direct funding of Hamas by Iran is not disputed— it is widely publicly known and published. This makes Blinken a true fool thinking he can say crap about a nuclear “deal” which has been destroyed by Israel bombing the manufacturing centers (this was what, 6 weeks ago?) and the fact that Hamas got 75 million from Biden admin approx. 4 weeks ago (this was in the WaPo of all places. Us funding Hamas to what— help Iran carry the costs, the original 800 billion in cash from obmaumao just wasn’t enough?)


4 posted on 05/26/2021 7:37:13 AM PDT by John S Mosby (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: SeekAndFind

This administration is run by the three stooges in three key positions: Biden, Blinken and Austin. As a result, the world will be a much more dangerous place.


5 posted on 05/26/2021 7:52:47 AM PDT by falcon99 (qu)
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Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
6 posted on 05/26/2021 8:05:58 AM PDT by SJackson (Whom will insane lust for power spare, if it dares violate ties of kin & friendship? Dominic Mancini)
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The secretary of state also said that the first priority is to bring Iran back into “compliance with the nuclear agreement, the so-called JCPOA,” and that Former President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure … clearly did not get the result that we all seek.”

7 posted on 05/26/2021 8:28:05 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

He could answer, but stating we're resupplying terrorists is still politically incorrect. Couple more years, it'll be OK.

8 posted on 05/26/2021 8:31:00 AM PDT by SJackson (Whom will insane lust for power spare, if it dares violate ties of kin & friendship? Dominic Mancini)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Former President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure … clearly did not get the result that we all seek.”

What do you mean “we all,” Kimosavi? What result are you and your nominal boss seeking?

I can tell you that Trump’s maximum pressure didn’t get the result he sought, because now you and Joe’s string pullers have taken the pressure off. Kind of counter-productive. Isn’t it.


9 posted on 05/26/2021 8:34:49 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 ("The impossible happens all the time. You just have to believe." Will Robinson)
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To: Eleutheria5

“Sure, our earlier approach didn’t work, at all, was counterproductive in fact, but we’re going back to it, because, well, just because, so there, nyah nyah.”


10 posted on 05/26/2021 8:52:27 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Paliscum will try to open an embassy in Jerusalem with Biden’s help.


11 posted on 05/26/2021 10:27:14 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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