What a revolting display of hypocrisy. From Liam Cosgrove at zerohedge.com:
Submitted by Liam Cosgrove,
While speaking to “journalists” during a Friday press conference, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken patted himself on the back for securing the release of the Wall Street Journal’s Evan Gershkovich – telling them “Maybe the most striking part of spending time with Evan, is simply how wonderful it feels to see him free. Home where he belongs.”
“Evan’s freedom is also a reminder of all Americans who are still held hostage or wrongfully detained,” Blinken continued.
“We will not forget you, and we will not rest until we get you home.”
It’s hard to overstate what an egregious display of sanctimonious hypocrisy this is when Blinken’s department wittingly neglected Gonzalo Lira — the California-born writer for mainstream financial outlets like Business Insider, Seeking Alpha, and even ZeroHedge — as he was tortured in a Ukrainian dungeon for eight months until his eventual death at the start of this year. State Spox Matthew Miller was aware of Lira being tortured for at least five of those months.
Gonzalo didn’t wear a skullcap so Blinkie doesn’t care about him.
Also he was a real journalist afflicting the comfortable and not a corporate stenographer on a steal the sonic mission.
RF put a poster of Gonzalo up outside the embassy.
Free Speech is a threat to democracy it says.
I wonder if any diplomats of RF are clearing out of FUSA?
Or if any subs are parked off the coast?
Blinkie did build that.