Former U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s recent op-ed in The Wall Street Journal , “ Recognizing a Palestinian State Is a Rebuke to Hamas, ” is a delusion, predicated on fallacy, based on a fantasy.
During his tenure as America’s leading diplomat, Blinken got everything wrong: the catastrophic surrender in Afghanistan to the appeasement of Iran; the alienation of Saudi Arabia; the attempted rehabilitation of Venezuelan President Nicolas Máduro; the pathetic response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s preparation for and invasion of Ukraine; the opening of America’s southern border to any thug, terrorist or human trafficker willing to make the trip; and the slow-motion betrayal of Israel. The U.S. State Department under his watch left the world a far more dangerous place than