The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's recent statement about the Middle East being the most dangerous since at least 1973 contradicts previous remarks by Jake Sullivan, the national security advisor, who had claimed that the region was quieter than it had been in two decades. This shift in tone has sparked criticism, with some accusing the State Department of playing politics in Central America instead of engaging in tough diplomacy in Europe and the Middle East.
.@SecBlinken said the Middle East today is the most dangerous “since at least 1973.” Yet, a few months ago, @POTUS @JoeBiden's natsec advisor @JakeSullivan46 claimed the region is "quieter today than it's been in two decades." This is what foreign policy failure looks like. https://t.co/eGz3vT2pw1
Biden administration, 4 months apart: Jake Sullivan, Sep. 2023: "The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades." Antony Blinken, Jan. 2024: “We have not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we are facing now across the region since at least 1973." https://t.co/AaGXhAHXvZ
Jake Sullivan on September 29, 2023: “The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades.” Antony Blinken on January 29, 2024: “I would argue that we’ve not seen a situation as dangerous as the one we’re facing now across the region since at least 1973.”
Extraordinary. How times change. Just 4 months ago, #Biden’s White House said the #MiddleEast was “quieter than it’d been in 20yrs.” When you paper over crises, shove root causes under rugs & ignore problems you don’t like, this is what happens. https://t.co/8ajnfCpdRX
Extraordinary. How times change. Just 4 months ago, #Biden’s White House said the #MiddleEast was “quieter than it’d been in 20yrs.” https://t.co/8ajnfCpdRX
Sullivan on September 29: “The Middle East region is quieter today than it has been in two decades." https://t.co/sa2pxZoxME
Secretary of State @SecBlinken has failed to produce a single diplomatic win. So now the Pentagon has to step in and they don’t negotiate. The State Department is too busy playing politics in Central America to do tough diplomacy in Europe and the Middle East.