CNN tool and host, Jake Tapper, slipped up and said the quiet part out loud while questioning Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The Biden admin has only produced a ton of mix signals and it sounds like Tapper is sick of the sidestepping. He pressed Blinken for a straight answer on Tapper argued that the ambiguous position on if the US would hold Putin accountable for war crimes, officially.
Tapper noted that Ukrainian officials had been sounding the alarm for days, claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin was directing Russian occupation forces in Ukraine to carry out brutal attacks against civilians and had authorized the use of illegal weapons. Most recently, the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv had tweeted a statement calling Russia’s attack on Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine’s largest nuclear power plant, a war crime.
The Embassy quickly demanded that the post not be shares—As if that’s how government facilities operate…
“It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin’s shelling of Europe’s largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further. #TheHague #Zaporizhzhia #StandwithUkraine.”
Tapper pressed Blinken on what he said was a “confusing step” and asked what it meant going forward.
“The State Department told other embassies around the world to not retweet it which is a confusing step. Has the U.S. seen evidence that Russia is committing war crimes or not?” he asked.
It is a war crime to attack a nuclear power plant. Putin's shelling of Europe's largest nuclear plant takes his reign of terror one step further. #TheHague #Zaporizhzhia #StandwithUkraine
— U.S. Embassy Kyiv (@USEmbassyKyiv) March 4, 2022
“We’ve seen very credible reports of deliberate attacks on civilians, which would constitute a war crime. We’ve seen very credible reports about the use of certain weapons,” Blinken replied. “What we’re doing right now is documenting all this, putting it all together, looking at it and making sure that as people and the appropriate organizations and institutions investigate whether war crimes have been or are being committed, that we can support whatever they’re doing.”
"We've seen very credible reports of deliberate attacks on civilians…"
Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells CNN's @jaketapper the US is investigating and documenting reports of Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians that could constitute war crimes. #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/A4RJsE5hms
— CNN (@CNN) March 6, 2022
Unfortunately, I’m afraid Biden’s brain is lost at sea, and there isn’t anyone in his administration capable of taking over and producing different results.