“We are actively trying to find out where they are,” Kirby told “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream. “We don’t even know how many exactly. A small handful we know, but there could be more than we know. They could be in different groups. They could be moved around. I think you can understand. I hope everybody can understand – we’re gonna be careful about what we say publicly about our efforts to get those hostages home.”
Why go on a national broadcast to announce “We don’t know nothing”? Why not project strength and warn or at least hint of dire consequences to come?
Kirby was doing his best “honest broker” imitation. It shouted weakness, like his boss FJB does every day.