The New York Times published a lengthy interview with Tony Blinken on Jan. 4, in which the Secretary of State waxed eloquent about all of his and President Biden’s achievements. For example, he emphasized he was so prescient that Russia would launch an “unprovoked” attack on Ukraine, that the U.S. had begun to secretly arm Ukraine well before the attack occurred. “We made sure that well before the Russian aggression happened, starting in September and then again December, we quietly got a lot of weapons to Ukraine to make sure that they had in hand what they needed to defend themselves, things like Stingers, Javelins that were instrumental in preventing Russia from taking Kyiv, from rolling over the country, erasing it from the map, and indeed pushing the Russians back.”
On Gaza, he yet again defended Israel’s ongoing genocide, explaining that “we have been, and we remain fundamentally committed to Israel’s defense, and unfortunately it faces adversaries and enemies form all directions.”
